wskaźnik
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Polish
Etymology
From wskazać + -nik. First attested in 1832.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
wskaźnik m inan (related adjective wskaźnikowy)
- indicator (object that shows things on a map, drawing, etc.)
- (programming) pointer (icon that indicates the position of the pointing device, such as a mouse)
- (mathematics, statistics) coefficient (number expressing the mutual ratio of several values)
- Synonym: współczynnik
- (literary, figurative, by extension) indicator (that which is indicative of something)
- Synonym: barometr
- indicator; gauge (measuring instrument that provides information about the quantitative state of something)
- (chemistry) indicator (any of many substances, such as litmus, used to indicate the concentration of a substance, or the degree of a reaction)
- Synonym: znacznik
- (sciences) indicator (specific chemical or physical property of a substance or material)
- (economics) index, indicator (measure, such as unemployment rate, which can be used to predict economic trends)
- (obsolete) indicator (pointer finger)
- Synonym: palec wskazujący
Declension
Declension of wskaźnik
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wskaźnik | wskaźniki |
| genitive | wskaźnika | wskaźników |
| dative | wskaźnikowi | wskaźnikom |
| accusative | wskaźnik | wskaźniki |
| instrumental | wskaźnikiem | wskaźnikami |
| locative | wskaźniku | wskaźnikach |
| vocative | wskaźniku | wskaźniki |
References
- ^ Franciszek Ząbkowski (1832) Teorya sztuki drukarskiéj zastosowana do praktyki (in Polish), Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, page 68
Further reading
- wskaźnik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wskaźnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “wskaźnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “wskaźnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 738
- wskaźnik in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego