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Signature

//ˈsɪɡnət͡ʃɚ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity. not-comparable, usually

    "Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish."

Noun
  1. 1
    A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.

    "Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language […] his clerks […] understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there. For his signature, however, that was different."

  2. 2
    a distinguishing style wordnet
  3. 3
    An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature.

    "IN COMMENTS during signature of the bill yesterday during “Agriculture Day” at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Thompson agreed with farmers that land needs to be protected."

  4. 4
    a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book wordnet
  5. 5
    The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
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  1. 6
    your name written in your own handwriting wordnet
  2. 7
    Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.
  3. 8
    the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key wordnet
  4. 9
    A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.
  5. 10
    a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program wordnet
  6. 11
    A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
  7. 12
    Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
  8. 13
    A mark or sign of implication. figuratively

    "the natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls […] are supposed to be stamped with"

  9. 14
    A distinguishing feature or product.

    "A great beginning is the goose-liver terrine with truffles, one of the chef's signatures."

  10. 15
    A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form.
  11. 16
    A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease. obsolete
  12. 17
    Text (or images, etc.) appended to a user's emails, newsgroup posts, forum posts, etc. as a way of adding a personal touch or including contact details. Internet

    "Your signature must not exceed three lines of text, or 600 pixels in height."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French signature, or from Medieval Latin signātūra, future active periphrastic of verb signāre from signum (“sign”), + -tūra, feminine of -tūrus, future active periphrastic suffix. Displaced native Old English handseten (literally “hand setting”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French signature, or from Medieval Latin signātūra, future active periphrastic of verb signāre from signum (“sign”), + -tūra, feminine of -tūrus, future active periphrastic suffix. Displaced native Old English handseten (literally “hand setting”).

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