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indicator

 noun
     
Related topics: Measurement, Motor Vehicles
in‧di‧ca‧tor [countable]
1 something that can be regarded as a sign of something else:
All the main economic indicators suggest that trade is improving.
indicator
2 British EnglishTTC one of the lights on a car that flash to show which way the car is turning [= turn signal American English]
3TM a pointer on a machine that shows the temperature, pressure, speed etc
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