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[sig-nuh-cher, -choor]

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noun

a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.

the act of signing a document.

Music. a sign or set of signs at the beginning of a staff to indicate the key or the time of a piece.

Radio. a song, musical arrangement, sound effect, etc., used as a theme identifying a program.

any unique, distinguishing aspect, feature, or mark.

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Medicine/Medical. that part of a written prescription that specifies directions for use.

Biology, Medicine/Medical. a distinctive characteristic or set of characteristics by which a biological structure or medical condition is recognized.

Also called section. Bookbinding. a printed sheet folded to page size for binding together, with other such sheets, to form a book, magazine, etc.

Printing.

a letter or other symbol generally placed by the printer at the foot of the first page of every sheet to guide the binder in folding the sheets and in gathering them in sequence.

a sheet so marked.

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Chemistry, Physics. a characteristic trace or sign that indicates the presence of a substance or the occurrence of a physical process or event: The satellite recorded a spectrum that is the signature of a nuclear explosion.

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adjective

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serving to identify or distinguish a person, group, etc.: a signature tune.

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Signature is always a great word to know.

So is dominant seventh. Does it mean:

sequence of notes or chords indicating completion of a composition, section, phrase

contains a dominant chord, major third, perfect fifth and a minor seventh

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Origin:
1525–35; < Medieval Latin signātūra a signing, equivalent to Latin signāt(us) past participle of signāre to mark (see sign, -ate¹) + -ūra -ure

Related forms

sig·na·ture·less, adjective

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Example Sentences

Everyone knows someone with an e-mail signature blames their typos on their phone, of course.

These bits are easily detected, and provide a molecular signature by which one prion strain can be compared to another.

The incorporation of many heavy isotopes and the presence of rare polyols is a signature of extraterrestrial materials.

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Everyone knows someone with an e-mail signature blames their typos on their phone, of course.

These bits are easily detected, and provide a molecular signature by which one prion strain can be compared to another.

The incorporation of many heavy isotopes and the presence of rare polyols is a signature of extraterrestrial materials.

The indirect signature of hunters can also be seen in the ecological record.

Moreover, each vent they tested had a signature sound, potentially providing deep-sea creatures with a sonic road map in the dark.

Here, he developed many of the items considered signature representations of the company.

Rotating black holes could leave a twisty signature on light escaping their gravitational maws.

Our jobs can simply disappear with the crisp signature of a board member or the ringing gavel of a state legislature.

The purported suicide note, written in capital letters, bore no date or signature and got his father's name wrong.

Search by date and state to find signature events and more on this extensive listings calendar.

The condition of having multiple personalities was incorrectly identified as a signature of schizophrenia.

He is remembered above all for his signature rhythm.

Anderson developed several signature items and opened many new properties.

Researchers have found a telltale mental signature that predicts whether an experience will be remembered.

My signature is my first initial, followed by an abbreviation of my last name.

The mobile phone has become the signature technology of the developing world.

But the collision leaves behind a unique signature in the form of a small amount of heat, which can be detected.

They also tested three phony blue diamonds-of which none had the telltale red signature.

Here, chile roasters fill the air with their signature sweet smoke.

These different frequencies, volumes and sounds give the males of each hummingbird species their own signature noise.

They found a clear signature of a dramatic population decline.

But when these bonobos awaken, their signature behavior is nowhere in evidence.

He stated quite clearly it is not his signature on the letter.

Vampire bats are able to hear and remember the unique ultrasonic signature of an individual's breath, a new study finds.

But his signature works are resplendent close-ups of eagles and falcons.

The ability for these animals to make each of their signature sounds is hardwired from birth.

The signature price tag came a couple of years later, the result of a fortuitous oversight.

The signature dish is fettucine al tartufovo, pasta in a cream sauce topped with a lightly fried truffle-infused egg.

The ray's dorsal side, invisible in this image, is covered with a signature pattern of vivid spots.

Inclusions are time capsules that reveal the chemical signature of the magma before the eruption.

Beard acknowledges that his study lacks an appropriate carbon isotope signature.

Of course, an autopen signature might be politically dangerous for a president in some cases.

The study team says young dolphins appear to create their own signature whistles from those of adult dolphins.

The aerosols sprayed upward from sparkling wine have a different chemical signature than the wine itself.

Some of his subjects had the cohen genetic signature but with slight variations caused by mutations.

In the crowded field of private colleges, only those that differentiate themselves with signature programs and.

In a faded denim jacket and his signature flat cap, he modestly.

The carbon isotope signature of these two groups is therefore distinct".

Another one, based loosely on the idea of extra dimensions, suggests that the gravitational wave signature should be small.

If your signature was attractive and legible, it is also probably easily plagiarized.

They have already ruled out the president's signature energy policy:.

Paleontologists have long wondered whether the saber-toothed cat used its signature teeth to attack an animal's belly or neck.

Differentiating the gravity force with distance vector results in the change in signature in opposite direction.

Not only have they found a specific genetic signature that indicates viral.

Certainly, its intellectual underpinnings and signature method of operating are easier to identify than its goals.

Levitation became my signature act as an illusionist and has taken me around the world.

More recently, researchers have probed the brain for a neural signature of a fib.

She gave the same to other friends, and soon enough it became her signature gift.

It's now one of her signature dishes, and she always serves it.

It's so lean, you too can attach it to your e-mail signature file.

But the decline in their fortunes points to a signature outcome of the long downturn in the labor market.

Then, a computer program uses this signature to deduce a molecule's amino acid.

He still makes his longtime signature short ribs, but the scallops with sweet-pea.

Oh, this is how you get a signature line mended_drum.

Another signature of advanced technology would be an attempt to slow this process down.

In perhaps the signature display of an electric car's.

Cellulose is a major component of wood, giving that material its signature strength.

Some of the ankle bones have signature features that place the whales in the artiodactyls group.

Supernova blast waves leave a nuclear signature and it would still be detectable.

Still, the visual signature suppression is relatively spectacular…to the uninitiated," says.

Oh, this is how you get a signature line yellowtractor.

Vans even lets various sporting heroes design not only their own signature shoes but also their own.

The multi-touch display responds to both finger and stylus, featuring handwriting recognition and signature capture technologies.

And it's fine that you mailed the letters yourself, as long as they were sealed with a signature or something across the seal.

The scientists predicted the likelihood of successful dream recall based on a signature pattern of brain waves.

On-board cameras sweep the area to pick up the background scenery and display that infra-red signature on the vehicle.

When you make a publishable story out of your own work in his lab, it will bear your signature style, not his.

But, if the experiences aren t hallucinations there will be some kind of signature in the data.

Here's a flowchart to help you find a signature sound.

I've also got an electronic copy of the department chair's signature.

The signature of an optimally organized lexicon is:.

But the signature element of the system is the plant life that grows up and out of it-right into the lobby.

It's a signature of youth to want to make a place for oneself by destroying the old guard.

Everything that generates a heat signature lights up.

It should be possible to do this on one page, or a page and a quarter max, plus signature.

The land-grant university fights to keep the signature crop as a vibrant part of the state's economy as well as its culture.

When they scanned my signature for insertion into our diplomas.

Be sure to keep a copy, mail it to her with delivery confirmation and a signature.

Oh, this is how you get a signature line averagebear.

Oh, this is how you get a signature line tuxedo_cat.

The oldest brick buildings-the campus's core, its signature architecture-had cracked and weakened.

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World English Dictionary

signature (ˈsɪɡnɪtʃə)

—n
1.	the name of a person or a mark or sign representing his name, marked by himself or by an authorized deputy
2.	the act of signing one's name
3.	a. a distinctive mark, characteristic, etc, that identifies a person or thing
	b. (as modifier): a signature fragrance
4.	music key signature See time signature
5.	(US) Sig, Abbreviation: S the part of a medical prescription that instructs a patient how frequently and in what amounts he should take a drug or agent
6.	printing
	a. a sheet of paper printed with several pages that upon folding will become a section or sections of a book
	b. such a sheet so folded
	c. a mark, esp a letter, printed on the first page of a signature

[C16: from Old French, from Medieval Latin signātura, from Latin signāre to sign]

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Word Origin & History

signature

1534, a kind of document in Scottish law, from M.Fr. signature (16c.), from M.L. signatura "sign," in classical L. "the matrix of a seal," from signatus, pp. of signare "to mark, sign" (see sign). Meaning "one's own name written in one's own hand" is from 1580, replacing sign-manual

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(1428) in this sense.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

signature sig·na·ture (sĭg'nə-chər)
n.
The part of a physician's prescription containing directions to the patient.

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Computing Dictionary

signature definition

1. A set of function symbols with arities.
2. (Or sig) A few lines of information about the sender of an electronic mail message or news posting. Most Unix mail and news software will automagically append a signature from a file called .signature in the user's home directory to outgoing mail and news.
A signature should give your real name and your e-mail address since, though these appear in the headers of your messages, they may be munged by intervening software. It is currently (1994) hip to include the URL of your home page on the World-Wide Web in your sig.
The composition of one's sig can be quite an art form, including an ASCII logo or one's choice of witty sayings (see sig quote, fool file). However, large sigs are a waste of bandwidth, and it has been observed that the size of one's sig block is usually inversely proportional to one's prestige on the net.
See also doubled sig, sig virus.
2. A concept very similar to abstract base classes except that they have their own hierarchy and can be applied to compiled classes. Signatures provide a means of separating subtyping and inheritance. They are implemented in C++ as patches to GCC 2.5.2 by Gerald Baumgartner .
(ftp://ftp.cs.purdue.edu/pub/gb/).
(2001-01-05)

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