Look up: Sign

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   Sign
   A sign is a mark drawn upon a surface.
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   sign
   A visible manifestation of a causal agent of plant disease (e.g., fungal spores or other fungal structures, bacterial ooze).
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   Sign
   Evidence of disease as indicated by the presence of the disease-producing organisms or of any of their parts or products e.g. bacterial ooze or fungus structures.
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   sign
   [n] - (medical) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease 2. [n] - (linguistics) a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified 3. [n] - a gesture that is part of a sign language 4. [n] - a character indicating a relation between quantities 5. [n] - a public display of a (usually written) message 6. [n] - a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) 7. [v] - approve in writing, to express assent, responsibility, or obligation 8. [v] - engage by written agreement 9. [v] - place signs, as along a road 10. [v] - communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs 11. [v] - mark with one`s signature 12. [v] - communicate in sign language 13. [v] - be engaged by a written agreement
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   Sign
   An outwardly visible correlate of a disease or injury. [Compare symptom.]
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   Sign
   (Sign / signifier / signified) A sign is anything that creates meaning. Words are an important kind of sign composed of symbols called letters. The brain recognises a word and unconsciously gives it an agreed meaning, but, in fact, the word is merely a symbolic code, one that we learn, mostly during childhood, to 'decode' to find its meaning....
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   Sign
   The sympol that states whether a number is positive (+) or negative (-). If a sign is not placed immediately before a number, it is taken as positive.
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   sign
   Objective evidence of a disease, deformity or an effect induced by an agent, perceptible to an examining physician.
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   SIGN
   Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
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    Sign
    What a doctor can see.
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    Sign
    Sign: Any objective evidence of disease. Gross blood in the stool is a sign of disease. It can be recognized by the patient, doctor, nurse, or others. In contrast, a symptom is, by its nature, subjective. Abdominal pain is a symptom. It is something only the patient can know.
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    sign
    objective evidence of disease or deformity Category: Medicine • Plus or minus.In twos-complement notation,the sign can be determined by examining bit 7,the MSB. Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • an objective evidence or physical manifestation of disease Category: Medicine • though these have the same name as the Zodiacal constell...
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    Sign
    Definition (keystage 2) Either plus (+) or minus (-), indicating whether a number is positive or negative.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht
    
    
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    Sign
    Sign noun [ French signe , Latin signum ; confer Anglo-Saxon segen , segn , a sign, standard, banner, also from Latin signum . Confer Ensign , Resign , Seal a stamp, Signal , Signet .] That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof. Specifically: ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/100
    
    
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    Sign
    Sign transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Signed ; present participle & verbal noun Signing .] [ Middle English seinen to bless, originally, to make the sign of the cross over; in this sense from ASS. segnian (from segn , noun ), or Old French seignier , French signer , to mark, to sign (in ...
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    Sign
    Sign intransitive verb 1. To be a sign or omen. [ Obsolete] Shak. 2. To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs. 3. To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation.
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    sign
    <clinical sign> An objective physical finding found by the examiner. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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    noun a public display of a (usually written) message; `he posted signs in all the shop windows`
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    noun (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; `there were no signs of asphyxiation`
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    sign on verb engage by written agreement; `They signed two new pitchers for the next season`
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    verb communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs; `He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture`; `The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu`
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    Sign
    A `sign` is an entity which signifies another entity. A natural sign is an entity which bears a causal relation to the signified entity, as thunder is a sign of storm. A conventional sign signifies by agreement, as a full stop signifies the end of a sentence. (Contrast a symbol which `stands for` another thing, as a flag may be a symbol of a nation) The way in which a sign signifies is a topic in philosophy of language, see also Meaning (lingui...
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    sign
    (sīn) any objective evidence of disease or dysfunction. an observable physical phenomenon so frequently associated with a given condition as to be considered indicative of that condition.
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    Sign
    • (n.) To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one`s own handwriting. • (n.) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known. • (v. i.) To be a sign or omen. • (n.) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity;...
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    sign
    (from the article `communication`) While signs are usually less germane to the development of words than signals, most of them contain greater amounts of meaning of and by themselves. ... Different forms and levels of the experience of and relationship to reality (both sacred and profane) are linked with the concepts of symbol, sign, .....
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/93