: an instrument for automatically making a diagram that indicates the pressure in and volume of the working fluid of an engine throughout the cycle
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: any of a group of statistical values (such as level of employment) that taken together give an indication of the health of the economy
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: a substance (such 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 (such as a free acid or alkali)
: an organism or ecological community so strictly associated with particular environmental conditions that its presence is indicative of the existence of these conditions
Economic indicators suggest that prices will go up. a control panel with various indicator lights
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