Definition of indicant Indicant

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We found 7 definitions of indicant from 4 different sources.

What does indicant mean?

WordNet

Noun
indicant - something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
		indication
		communication something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
		gesture motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
		evidence your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
		vestige, tincture, trace, shadow (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
		symptom anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
		signalisation, signalization a conspicuous indication
		pointing out indication by demonstration
		manifestation a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing; "a manifestation of disease"
		print, mark a picture or design printed from an engraving
		glimpse a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake"
		harbinger, herald, predecessor, forerunner, precursor something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
		clue, hint evidence that helps to solve a problem
indicant - 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
		index, index number, indicator
		fact a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
		bmi, body mass index a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
		business index a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions; "this business index is computed relative to the base year of 2005"
		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

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Wiktionary

indicant (Noun)
That which indicates or points out.
indicant (Adjective)
Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

indicant (a.)
Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.
indicant (n.)
That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease.