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Symbol

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Symbols Summary
1,245 words, approx. 4 pages
Symbols are characters, letters, numbers, icons, objects, people, actions, or places that stand for or represent something other than themselves. In the most general sense, a symbolic language (or system) is a set of symbols combined with the rules for...
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Symbols Summary
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Symbols are part of the language of mathematics. The use of symbols gives mathematics the power of generality: The ability to focus not only on a specific object, but also on a collection of objects. For instance, variables— symbols with the...
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Symbol [Grk SýMbolon ‘Token (Serving As Proof Of Identity)’] : Language and Linguistics
143 words, approx. 1 pages
1 In the semiotics of Peirce (1931), a class of signs in which the relation between the sign and the denoted state of affairs rests exclusively upon convention. The meaning of a symbol is established within a given language or culture. This is the case...
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Symbol : Phonetics and Phonology Terms
40 words, approx. 1 pages
n. 1. Any conventional character which is not a letter of the alphabet, such as 5 or $. 2. Any character used in a phonetic alphabet (sense 1) to represent some phone or phoneme, such as [k] or...
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Symbol Information
763 words, approx. 3 pages
Symbols are objects, characters, or other concrete representations of ideas, concepts, or other abstractions. For example, in the United States, Canada, Australia and Great Britain, a red octagon is a symbol for the traffic sign meaning "STOP". Common...
 


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News and Journals
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
This Symbol Or That Symbol
01/05/1997: 711 words, approx. 2 pages
JEFFREY PAGE The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-05-1997 THIS SYMBOL OR THAT SYMBOL By JEFFREY PAGE Date: 01-05-1997, Sunday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- Sunday Column: THE ROAD WARRIOR Predictably, now that the state of Maryland is doing the responsible thing,...
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The Boston Globe
The symbolism of symbolism . . .
04/12/1991: 371 words, approx. 1 pages
There are now 80 days left in the current fiscal year. When Gov. Weld came into office, he said the state had a $850 million deficit. Now, an additional shortfall of $170 million has been announced. In 3 1/2 months, less than...
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AP News
VA allows Wiccan symbols on headstones
4/23/2007: 376 words, approx. 1 pages
The Wiccan pentacle has been added to the list of emblems allowed in national cemeteries and on goverment-issued headstones of fallen soldiers, according to a settlement announced Monday.A settlement between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Wiccans adds the five-pointed star to the list...
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AP News
Italy leader: Nazi trial only 'symbolic'
1/15/2007: 400 words, approx. 1 pages
Italian Premier Romano Prodi expressed dismay Sunday that the convictions of 10 former Nazi SS members in the 1944 slaughter of hundreds of civilians near Bologna have only "symbolic" value since the German defendants are unlikely to ever serve their sentences."It was one of the...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 96%
Symbolism and Imagery
391 words, approx. 1 pages
An essay on Symbolism and Imagery.


 

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