Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Indication \In`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. indicatio: cf. F.
indication.]
1. Act of pointing out or indicating.
2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token;
sign; symptom; evidence.
The frequent stops they make in the most convenient
places are plain indications of their weariness.
--Addison.
3. Discovery made; information. --Bentley.
4. Explanation; display. [Obs.] --Bacon.
5. (Med.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which
serves to direct to suitable remedies.
Syn: Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence;
signal.
Source : WordNet®
indication
n 1: something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication
of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are
the prime indicants of disease" [syn: {indicant}]
2: the act of indicating or pointing out by name [syn: {denotation}]
3: (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a
procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an
indication for the use of antibiotics" [ant: {contraindication}]
4: something (as a course of action) that is indicated as
expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it
was time to leave"
5: 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" [syn: {reading}, {meter
reading}]