Noun

(en noun)

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

$ is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries.

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' is the octothorpe symbol .

''Chinese people use word symbols for writing.

The lion is the symbol''' of courage; the lamb is the '''symbol of meekness or patience.

Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is no meaningful relationship.

The dollar symbol has no relationship to the concept of currency or any related idea.

(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.

The Apostles, Nicene Creed and the confessional books of Protestantism, such as the Augsburg Confession of Lutheranism are considered symbols .

Visible traces or impressions, made using a writing device or tool, that are connected together and/or are slightly separated. Sometimes symbols represent objects or events that occupy space or things that are not physical and do not occupy space.

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

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

* Jeremy Taylor

They do their work in the days of peace and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague.

Share; allotment.

* Jeremy Taylor

The persons who are to be judged shall all appear to receive their symbol .

Noun

(en noun)

A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.

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, author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}

Electrical diagrams show device interconnections.

A graph or chart.

(category theory) A functor from an index category'' to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is ''J'' and the codomain is ''C'', then the diagram is said to be "of type ''J'' in ''C ".