Indicant

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    indicative; that points out. not-comparable

    "The ability to suffer patiently, then, is indicant of spiritual maturity"

Noun
  1. 1
    Something which indicates or points out; an indicator

    "Yet in spite of the essential crudity of this advertising, it had very early developed the value of the trademark as an indicant of quality in the product to which it was attached."

  2. 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 wordnet
  3. 3
    something that serves to indicate or suggest wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin indicans.

Etymology 2

From Latin indicans.

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