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  1. symbols

    A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different concepts and experiences. All communication (and data processing) is achieved through the use of symbols. Symbols take the form of words, sounds, gestures, ideas, or visual images and are used to convey other ideas and beliefs. For example, a red octagon is a common symbol for "STOP"; on maps, blue lines often represent rivers; and a red rose often symbolizes love and compassion. Numerals are symbols for numbers; letters of an alphabet may be symbols for certain phonemes; and personal names are symbols representing individuals. The variable 'x', in a mathematical equation, may symbolize the position of a particle in space.The academic study of symbols is semiotics. In cartography, an organized collection of symbols forms a legend for a map.

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  1. Symbols

    The tenth album by German industrial group KMDFM is titled with a string of five unpronounceable, non-alphabetic symbols, but usually cataloged as Symbols. It was released on September 23, 1997, on Wax Trax!/TVT Records. A digitally remastered reissue of Symbols was released in 2007 on Metropolis Records.

Editors Contribution

  1. symbols

    Plural form of symbol.

    The road signs had a number of symbols to indicate different things that we learnt in our rules of the road test.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2016  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of symbols in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of symbols in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of symbols in a Sentence

  1. Jonny Steinberg:

    It will no doubt appear again; there is so much attention at the moment on the symbols of the South African past, i'm sure it's only a matter of time before the old flag is used again as a form of aggressive mourning for the old order.

  2. Jeb Bush:

    It seems to me that if you have military bases or recruiting offices, these are symbols of American might, they're targets. This is how you garner attention. You go to places where there is vulnerability and it's a very powerful symbolic attack on our country.

  3. New York:

    I am appalled and disgusted by the Swastikas and other anti-Semitic symbols of hate that were scrawled in a Queens schoolyard, in New York, we have zero tolerance for such vile acts of anti-Semitism.

  4. State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford:

    Until a suitable alternative is developed, we should instead devote greater attention toward civics and ensuring students understand our democratic processes and how they can be involved, i'm also alarmed that people continue to display symbols of hate, such as the recent display of the Confederate flag in Evanston.

  5. Dan Webb:

    Besides being against the law, it is just plain wrong to outright denigrate something as serious as a real hate crime and then make sure it involved words and symbols that have such historical significance in our country.

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