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[a. F. indication (Paré, 16th c.), ad. L. indicātiōn-em (found only in the sense of ‘valuation’), n. of action from indicāre to indicate.]
1. a. The action of indicating, pointing out, or making known; that in which this is embodied; a hint, suggestion, or piece of information from which more may be inferred.
1626Bacon Sylva §479–80 But these are Idle and Ignorant Conceits; And forsake the true Indication of the Causes. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. vi. 340 The configurations and indications of the various Phases of the Moon..and divers other curious indications of Celestial Motions. 1793Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 154 His skill consists in..following the indications given by nature, times, and circumstances. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xv. (ed. 2) II. 6 The case was nothing short of a heavenly indication. 1885Tait Properties Matter i. 1 The indications of the senses are always imperfect, and often misleading.
b. spec. in Med. A suggestion or direction as to the treatment of a disease, derived from the symptoms observed. (App. the earliest use in Eng.)
1541Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 B iv b, It is euydent yt none indication is taken of the cause that hath excited and made the vlcere. Ibid. 2 C ij b, What is the indicacyon curatyfe taken of olde Sores? 1651Wittie Primrose's Pop. Err. 43 The use of indications, without which no remedy can be applyed. 1793Beddoes Calculus 261 It is probable that the true indication of cure in typhus is to restore the oxygene. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 19 The term or expression indication for a given remedy, being in constant use, ought to be distinctly understood; by it is meant the pointings of nature, or, in other words, the evident needs of the system.
c. The degree of some physical state, as pressure, temperature, etc., indicated by an instrument, as a barometer, anemometer, thermometer, etc.; the reading of a graduated instrument.
a1734North Lives (1826) II. 197 Settling the grand affair of the mercurial barometer, and its indications. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. iii. 245 The effect..produced was very large as measured by the indications of the instrument. 1871B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §82 In comparing an English and a French barometer it is therefore necessary to reduce the indications of each to 32° Fahr.
2. a. A sign, token, or symptom; an expression by sign or token.
1660H. More Myst. Godl. v. xv. 175 There are other indications of the beginning of a new Systeme of Prophecies. 1712Steele Spect. No. 350 ⁋2 Modesty is the certain Indication of a great Spirit, and Impudence the Affectation of it. 1749F. Smith Voy. Disc. II. 16 A Black-Bird was seen..which was looked on as an Indication that the Geese would soon follow. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 563 The will contained indications of such an intention. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea iii. §158 Perhaps the best indication as to these cold currents, may be derived from the fish of the sea. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man 16 No traces of grain..nor any other indication that the ancient people had any knowledge of agriculture.
b. Mining. Something which indicates the presence of valuable ore, oil, etc. U.S.
1855Southern Californian (Los Angeles) 28 Mar. 1/7 Mineral indications in Southern California..differ in many respects with the mineral indications of the earth's surface in Central, or Northern California. 1862‘Mark Twain’ Lett. (1917) I. 80 We went and looked at the ledges, and both of them acknowledged that there was nothing in them but good ‘indications’. 1873J. H. Beadle Undevel. West xviii. 326 My comrades are off down the mountain side picking at ‘indications’, and mapping out the ‘run of the country rock’. 1877B. Harte Story of a Mine 394 Luckily the fertile alluvium of these valleys..offered no ‘indications’ to attract the goldseekers. 1948Duncan (Oklahoma) Daily Banner 2 July 1/3 The location was one of three staked by the Ohio Oil Co. on indications given by the Palmer No. 1 Leard-Amerada. |