signature
nounEtymology
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”).
Definitions
A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of…
A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
An act of signing one's name
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.
The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
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Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time…
Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.
A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they…
A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.
A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed…
Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
A mark or sign of implication.
- the natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls […] are supposed to be stamped with
- The TACOM Vehicle Signature Reduction program is concerned with reducing the noise signature detectability of military vehicles in combat.
- A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was guessing and interpreting, not observing or demonstrating.
A distinguishing feature or product.
- A great beginning is the goose-liver terrine with truffles, one of the chef's signatures.
A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form.
A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical…
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.
Text (or images, etc.) appended to a user's emails, newsgroup posts, forum posts, etc. as…
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.
- Your signature must not exceed three lines of text, or 600 pixels in height.
- forum signature generator
Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
- Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.
- The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid.
- Consider Las Fallas of Valencia, Spain, arguably the most signature of signature ephemera.
To sign with one's signature, to write one's signature on.
The neighborhood
- neighborautograph
- neighborbiosignature
Derived
blank signature, countersignature, cut signature, digital signature, electronic signature, e-signature, immunosignature, isotope signature, isotopic signature, key signature, multisignature, neurosignature, nonsignature, presignature, signatural, signature authority, signature-compatible, signatureless, signature song, signature strike, signature tune, signaturist, specimen signature, subsignature, technosignature, time signature, unsignatured, wet signature
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for signature. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA