se·mei·ot·ics (sē'mē-ŏt'ĭks, sěm'ē-, sē'mī-) n. Variant of semiotics.
se·mi·ot·ics also se·mei·ot·ics (sē'mē-ŏt'ĭks, sěm'ē-, sē'mī-) n.
(used with a sing. verb) The theory and study of signs and symbols, especially as elements of language or other systems of communication, and comprising semantics, syntactics, and pragmatics. se'mi·o·ti'cian (-ə-tĭsh'ən) n.