Word Finder - symbol

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

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

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A thing considered the embodiment of a concept or object.

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

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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.

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A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.

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

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

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

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Share; allotment.

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

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

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To symbolize.

Her hand went to the symbol around her neck.

The box was marked with a biohazard symbol on the outside.

His eyes went to the symbol at her neck, and one eyebrow shot up.

She touched it, as thrilled to wear his symbol as she had been her father's.

The proper symbol of episcopacy is not so much the mitre as the ring and pastoral staff.

Man thus not only works for the animal within him, but, for a symbol of this, he works for the animal without him.

Herbs with healing properties were kept in her temple, and also snakes, the usual symbol of the medicinal art.

A decal with the symbol of the White God – a sun and moon with an arrow through it – was in the corner of one window.

It was the symbol of the enforcer of the Council That Was Seven, the only of the seven brothers sanctioned to kill in cold blood on behalf of the Council and Immortals.

The cypress, which grows no more when once cut down, was regarded as a symbol of the dead, and perhaps for that reason was sacred to Pluto; its branches were placed by the Greeks and Romans on the funeral pyres and in the houses of their departed friends.

She gripped the hourglass, a symbol of her hope at leaving, even after learning that there was no real hope.

He opened the box to reveal a man's platinum signet ring with the half-moon, half-sun, and arrow symbol neatly carved on its head.

A well-worn, silver medallion with a symbol of the sun and moon, pierced by an arrow, was at her chest.

The fish was an early symbol of Christ in primitive and medieval Christian art.

The symbol was her father's pride and joy.

He held up the necklace, gazing at the symbol that marked his lineage.

The name given to an infant childImmanuel - was to become the mystic symbol of a growing hope.

Here he set fire to the cedar roof of the palace of Xerxes as a symbol that the Greek war of revenge against the Persians had come to an end.

The apples appear to have been the symbol of love and fruitfulness, and are introduced at the marriages of Cadmus and Harmonia and Peleus and Thetis.

We shall use the symbol e to denote this extreme range, beyond which the action of these forces may be regarded as insensible.

Every White God but him had worn the symbol.

The symbol of the Zoo, which was an elephant, will now be the Sumatran tiger.

This is largely because red is a symbol of good luck in China.

A happy grin is a symbol of pleasure to the outside world.

Tension itself Cleanthes defined as a fiery stroke (ii yi irvpos); in his hymn to Zeus lightning is the symbol of divine activity.

The symbol x expresses the energy of unit of mass of the liquid at a depth v within the bounding surface.

My slaves occupy an inn marked with the symbol of a rearing horse.

Guards lined the walls, the symbol of Tiyan's Springs prominent on their shields even from the distance.

The bishop will wear red vestments to represent fire which is a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

What people might also want, tho, is to look at Symbol's new way of deploying wireless.

The symbol, like that of Dalton, always stands for the atomic weight of the element, that is, while H stands for one part by weight of hydrogen, 0 stands for 16 parts of oxygen, and so on.

His chief attribute as a chthonian god was a snake, the symbol of the yearly renovation of the life of nature.

Whichever of these explanations is correct, it is noticeable that the Cynics agreed in taking a dog as their common badge or symbol (see Diogenes).

By the Egyptians this constellation was symbolized as a couple of young kids; the Greeks altered this symbol to two children, variously said to be Castor and Pollux, Hercules and Apollo, or Triptolemus and Iasion; the Arabians used the symbol of a pair of peacocks.

The ducal palace, like St Mark's, is a symbol and an epitome of the race which evolved it.

In the original form of the Nicene creed itself it does not occur; but in the creed of Jerusalem (348), an amplification of the Nicene symbol, we find " one Holy Catholic Church," and in the revision by Cyril of Alexandria (362) " Catholic and Apostolic Church " (see Creeds).

Its frequent explanation, however, of incompatible symbols by the doctrines of phonetic variation and interchange, or by alternative values of the same symbol used as ideograph, determinative or phonetic complement, and the occasional use of circular argument in the process of " verification," do not inspire confidence in other than its broader results.

You label it SOUR, and he adopts your symbol.

Talking to horse symbol cryp and one without latest in online.

Modern Energy, due to some complications they had in a lawsuit with Scottrade, has done a split and changed their ticker symbol to MDRG.

Look for the speaker symbol for books that are available with audio.

You can verify that the transaction is secure by looking for the padlock symbol on the bottom right corner of the browser window.

The Fair Isaac Corporation is a publically traded company on the New York Stock Exchange under symbol FIC.

This symbol indicates that a particular fixture meets specific criteria established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for efficient water usage.

A smiley face is a great choice for 70's inspired costumes and parties, especially when paired with the beloved peace symbol.

The 18KT gold posts are stamped with the European 750 symbol (indicating 18KT gold) and the trademark initial DY.

Neutral match-ups have no outstanding symbol.

She spreads love with her positive demeanor, and her symbol is two entwined hearts.

She carries a satchel full of lollipops, and her symbol depicts the tasty treats.

Compounds are in like manner represented by writing the symbols of their constituent elements side by side, and if more than one atom of each element be present, the number is indicated by a numeral placed on the right of the symbol of the element either below or above the line.