indicant

1. Something that serves to indicate or suggest (synset 106810027)
   "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
   is a type of: communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
   subtypes:

   • gesture - something done as an indication of intention
   • evidence - an indication that makes something evident
   • shadow, tincture, trace, vestige - an indication that something has been present
   • 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
   • mark, print - a visible indication made on a surface
   • glimpse - a vague indication
   • forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor - something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
   • clue, hint - a slight indication
   • smoke - an indication of some hidden activity
   same as: indication
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 (synset 106652323)
   is a type of: fact - a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • 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
   same as: index, index number, indicator

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