INDICANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does indicant mean?
• INDICANT (noun)
The noun INDICANT has 2 senses:
1. something that serves to indicate or suggest
2. a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
Familiarity information: INDICANT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INDICANT (noun)
Meaning:
Something that serves to indicate or suggest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
indicant; indication
Context examples:
an indication of foul play / indications of strain / symptoms are the prime indicants of disease
Hypernyms ("indicant" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indicant"):
mark; print (a visible indication made on a surface)
glimpse (a vague indication)
forerunner; harbinger; herald; precursor (an indication of the approach of something or someone)
clue; hint (a slight indication)
manifestation (a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing)
pointing out (indication by demonstration)
signalisation; signalization (a conspicuous indication)
symptom (anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence)
shadow; tincture; trace; vestige (an indication that something has been present)
evidence (an indication that makes something evident)
gesture (something done as an indication of intention)
smoke (an indication of some hidden activity)
Meaning:
A number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
index number; indicator; index; indicant
Hypernyms ("indicant" is a kind of...):
fact (a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indicant"):
business index (a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions)
leading indicator (one of 11 indicators for different sections of the economy; used by the Department of Commerce to predict economic trends in the near future)
price index; price level (an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time)
short account (the aggregate of short sales on an open market)
stock index; stock market index (index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks)
