indication

Noun

• a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
  • he could not believe the meter reading
    
  • the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm
    

• something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary
  • there were indications that it was time to leave
    

• (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure
  • the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics
    

• the act of indicating or pointing out by name

• something that serves to indicate or suggest
  • an indication of foul play
    
  • indications of strain
    
  • symptoms are the prime indicants of disease
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  reading , meter reading , denotation , indicant