Definition of Indicator

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Indicator

One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part

An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the piston rod of the engine. See Indicator card (below).

A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc.

The part of an instrument by which an effect is indicated, as an index or pointer.

Any bird of the genus Indicator and allied genera. See Honey guide, under Honey.

That which indicates the condition of acidity, alkalinity, or the deficiency, excess, or sufficiency of a standard reagent, by causing an appearance, disappearance, or change of color, as in titration or volumetric analysis.

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Indicator Quotations

Salads was a big indicator of that - there was a huge market out there for it. And why not tap it? Some of the things we are doing now around the globe are responding to customers. It's not because some guy sued you.
Jim Cantalupo

The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
Bashar al-Assad

They will therefore not be in a hurry to risk their entire business by expanding too rapidly, but they are the major indicator of whether the manufacturing industry accepts there is a sustainable business in RFID production.
Mike Marsh

The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues.
William Vickrey

Indicator Translations

indicator in French is indicateur
indicator in German is Indikator, Anzeige {f}, anzeiger, Anzeiger {m}
indicator in Norwegian is viser

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