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indicator

Indicator is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter I and ends with the letter R for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) One who or that which shows or points out; as a fare indicator in a street car.
(n.) A pressure gauge; a water gauge as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part
(n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the piston rod of the engine. See Indicator card (below).
(n.) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine to show at the surface the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine etc.
(n.) The part of an instrument by which an effect is indicated as an index or pointer.

Syllable Information

The word indicator is a 9 letter word that has 4 syllable 's . The syllable division for indicator is: in-di-ca-tor


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