SYMBOL

symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation

(noun) something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; “the eagle is a symbol of the United States”

symbol

(noun) an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

symbol (plural symbols)

A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.

A thing considered the embodiment of a concept or object.

(linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.

A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.

(crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.

(obsolete) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.

(obsolete) Share; allotment.

(programming) An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.

(telecommunications) A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.

Verb

symbol (third-person singular simple present symbols, present participle symbolling or symboling, simple past and past participle symbolled or symboled)

To symbolize.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sym"bol, n. Etym: [L. symbolus, symbolum, Gr. symbole. Cf. Emblem, Parable.]

1. A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience. A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it represents, e.g., an actual part chosen to represent the whole, or a lower form or species used as the representative of a higher in the same kind. Coleridge.

2. (Math.)

Definition: Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.

Note: In crystallography, the symbol of a plane is the numerical expression which defines its position relatively to the assumed axes.

3. (Theol.)

Definition: An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.

4. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty. [Obs.] They do their work in the days of peace . . . and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague. Jer. Taylor.

5. Share; allotment. [Obs.] The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol. Jer. Taylor.

6. (Chem.)

Definition: An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element.

Note: In pure and organic chemistry there are symbols not only for the elements, but also for their grouping in formulas, radicals, or residues, as evidenced by their composition, reactions, synthesis, etc. See the diagram of Benzene nucleus, under Benzene.

Syn.

– Emblem; figure; type. See Emblem.

Sym"bol, v. t.

Definition: To symbolize. [R.] Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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