indication

[In`di*ca·tion]

Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.

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Act of pointing out or indicating.

Noun
a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"

Noun
something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave"

Noun
something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"

Noun
(medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"

Noun
the act of indicating or pointing out by name

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n.
Act of pointing out or indicating.

n.
That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.

n.
Discovery made; information.

n.
Explanation; display.

n.
Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.


Indication

In`di*ca"tion , n. [L. indicatio: cf. F. indication.] 1. Act of pointing out or indicating. 2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness.
3. Discovery made; information. Bentley. 4. Explanation; display. [Obs.] Bacon. 5. (Med.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. Syn. -- Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence; signal.

Act of pointing out or indicating.

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Usage Examples

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.

It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education.

A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.

In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government.

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Other Usage Examples

I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life.

If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.

If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker.

It's a sad indication of where Washington has come, where policy differences almost necessarily become questions of integrity. I came to Washington in the late '70s, and people had the ability in the past to have intense policy differences but didn't feel the need to question the other person's character.

It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.

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