symbol
sym·bol
noun
an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
- “the eagle is a symbol of the United States”
Origin
From French symbole, from Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”), from συμβάλλω (sumbállō, “to throw together, dash together, compare, correspond, tally, come to a conclusion”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, put”).
Phrases
- anarchy symbol
- API service symbol
- at symbol
- biohazard symbol
- Cambrian symbol
- chemical symbol
- Christoffel symbol
- compound symbol
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Broader terms
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