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indicator plan position indicator

Main Entry: in·di·ca·tor
Pronunciation: 'in-d&-"kA-t&r
Function: noun
1 : one that indicates : as a : an index hand (as on a dial) : POINTER b (1) : GAUGE 2b, : DIAL 4a (2) : an instrument for automatically making a diagram that indicates the pressure in and volume of the working fluid of an engine throughout the cycle
2 a : a substance (as litmus) used to show visually (as by change of color) the condition of a solution with respect to the presence of a particular material (as a free acid or alkali) b : TRACER 4b
3 : an organism or ecological community so strictly associated with particular environmental conditions that its presence is indicative of the existence of these conditions
4 : any of a group of statistical values (as level of employment) that taken together give an indication of the health of the economy
- in·dic·a·to·ry /in-'di-k&-"tor-E/ adjective