“Sign of”

The following 6 entries include the term Sign of.

sign of aggregation

noun phrase

: any of various conventional devices (such as braces, brackets, parentheses, or vinculums) used in mathematics to indicate that two or more terms are to be treated as one quantity

sign of the cross

noun phrase

: a gesture of the hand forming a cross especially on forehead, breast, and shoulders to profess Christian faith or invoke divine protection or blessing

sign of inequality

noun

: a sign (such as ≠) indicating that one quantity is not equal to another

sign of summation

noun

: the Greek character Σ placed before a general term to indicate the sum of all terms of which it is the type

a sign of the times

noun phrase

: something that shows the kinds of things that are happening, popular, important, etc., in a culture at a particular period in history

the sign of the cross

noun phrase

: a movement of the hand that forms a cross shape and that is done as an expression of the Christian faith


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