symbol

IPA: sˈɪmbʌɫ

A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
A thing considered the embodiment or cardinal exemplar of a concept, theme, or other thing.
(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.

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