Main entry: reading, meter reading, indication
Definition: a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
Usage: he could not believe the meter reading; the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm
Main entry: indication
Definition: something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary
Usage: there were indications that it was time to leave
Main entry: indicant, indication
Definition: something that serves to indicate or suggest
Usage: an indication of foul play; indications of strain; symptoms are the prime indicants of disease
Main entry: indication
Definition: (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure
Usage: the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics
Main entry: indication, denotation
Definition: the act of indicating or pointing out by name