signum

English

noun
Definitions
  • A sign, mark, or symbol.
  • (historical) A medieval tower bell used particularly for ringing the 8 canonical hours.
  • (math) A function that extracts the sign of a real number x, yielding -1 if x is negative, +1 if x is positive, or 0 if x is zero.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin signum (sign, token, a mark, mark, a sign, an emblem) root from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sekʷ-

Gloss

follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

見

Emoji

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