indicator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: automotive
biology
chemistry
ecology
economics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From Late Latin indicātor (“one who points out”), from Latin indicō (“point out”). By surface analysis, indicate + -or; see indicate.
Inflected forms:
form: indicators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A pointer or index that indicates something.
pos: noun
examples: The visual indicators are a decided improvement, and have reduced the telephoning by the staff in the signalbox.
These old indicators [at Earl's Court station] show the destination of the next train by the appearance of an illuminated arrow next to the station name. The arrow may indicate that a train is going to Wimbledon, but it gives no clue as to when. Now, however, the indicators are supplemented by dot matrix panels that not only say where but also when. Why aren't the old ones removed? Because they, like the whole station, are Grade II listed.
The phrase was, and remains, a double-edged sword: a testament to the hard-working and hard-living citizens of the Crescent City and an indicator of the “ah, whatever” shrug hanging over its corrupt politics, its ramshackle infrastructure and its belief that partying trumps all.
gloss: A meter or gauge.
pos: noun
gloss: The needle or dial on such a meter.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of many substances, such as litmus, used to indicate the concentration of a substance, or the degree of a reaction.
pos: noun
gloss: A plant or animal whose presence is indicative of some specific environment.
pos: noun
gloss: A measure, such as unemployment rate, which can be used to predict economic trends.
pos: noun
gloss: A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Ireland
New-Zealand
South-Africa
UK
gloss: A bird, the honeyguide.
pos: noun
gloss: A codeword that marks the use of a specific cryptic device.
pos: noun
examples: 'Wild' is an anagram indicator showing that the letters of 'danger' have to be rearranged.
We surrounded the strike, Snowy (5)
Snowy is the definition in this clue. Ignore the punctuation and capital letter of Snowy! Surrounded is the container indicator.
We have already mentioned 'in' having multiple uses; 'round' or 'around' might be a container indicator or a reversal indicator; 'without' might be a container indicator or a deletion indicator, and so on.
Related words: index
indicate
indication
indicative
Derived words: acid-base indicator
airspeed indicator
anagrind
attitude indicator
bank-and-turn indicator
bioindicator
bite indicator
Burrell indicator
chemical indicator
coincident indicator
concurrent indicator
contraindicator
dial indicator
economic indicator
global indicator
indicator card
indicator diagram
indicator function
indicator lamp
indicator light
indicator variable
key performance indicator
leading indicator
ordinal indicator
paleoindicator
pH indicator
phytoindicator
rate of climb indicator
rate-of-climb indicator
redox indicator
route indicator
subindicator
tactile ground surface indicator
tactile walking surface indicator
tone indicator
turn-and-bank indicator
wetness indicator
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