NounSingular symbol Plural symbols symbol (plural symbols)
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Related termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A symbol is something such as an object, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention. For example, a red octagon may be a symbol for "STOP". On maps, crossed sabres may indicate a battlefield. Numerals are symbols for numbers (amounts). All language consists of symbols. Personal names are symbols representing individuals. OverviewPsychology has found that people, and even animals, can respond to symbols as if they were the objects they represent. Ivan Pavlov's dogs salivated when they heard a sound which they associated with food, even if there was no food (which was the beginning of behaviorism) (see also learning). From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What is a symbol for life often misrepresented as something evil? Q. My boyfriend's writing a comic book where death is a main topic in it, and I thought it might be cool to add a symbol for the main character (who is the grim reaper). However I'm trying to find one that most people would look at and be like "oh isn't that the symbol for death and destruction blah blah blah" when it actually means good fortune or life or something. Hope to get some suggestions. Religious symbols welcome! Asked by Mar - Sun Oct 25 19:18:47 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. First and foremost, the pentacle and pentagram. The one is the circle and the one is the star, but most people think it's two different things and that it is evil. It represents the universe, the elements and basically, life. Satanists have perverted it, but the christians once used it, too. The five wounds of christ. An ankh would work too, since the ankh represents the cycle of birth, death and rebirth, plus eternity. Just be aware of what people are going to interpret these symbols as. You might get called a satanist. Answered by christina - Sun Oct 25 19:29:01 2009 What is a symbol during the book nineteen minutes by jodi picoult? Q. Visual Objects throughout the book that can be used as a symbol and how it is significant to the book and why the author would use it?? Asked by michael a - Thu Jul 10 11:44:49 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. clocks... time and lives passing/needed for suspense and to symbolize fleeting life youth... sometimes calm, at others confused/needed to show the states of minds teens regularly go through, and how that can become deadly teachers... leading, frozen or hiding/needed to show that people react to things in many different ways, always cops... taking over/needed to show consequences weapon... almost life-like/needed to show the thoughtlessness of certain acts books, computers... full of information/needed to show that some information isn't enough, also foreshadowing notes, expressions on faces... full of anger, doubt, grief and more/needed to show what is outside (on or near) a person is sometimes ignored as much as what is on the inside can… [cont.] Answered by LK - Thu Jul 10 12:09:28 2008 There's a weird symbol on my Sony Ericsson W890i and the camera has stopped working?
Q. After updating my phone, a symbol showing a picture with a red arrow bouncing off of it. My camera stopped working and I think it's linked to it. Does anyone know what it is and how to fix it? Asked by Taelia - Thu Aug 27 06:22:19 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. you need to reupdate your phone, if it doenst help, you need to restore the original firmware of the phone. you dont have any other choice... Answered by ZZA - Fri Aug 28 12:52:10 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "symbol"  news.google.com USA Today It became a different sort of symbol recently when workmen with jackhammers reduced it to rubble on orders from the Iraqi government, which ruled it an ... and more » news.google.com PR Newswire (press release) Titles include TLC's Toddlers and Tiaras: Season 1, Discovery Channel's Hunting the Lost Symbol and Military Channel's Special Ops Mission. ... and more » news.google.com ADOTAS The American hand symbol for okay, for example, signifies something is zero or worthless in France and in Turkey, it's downright offensive. 8. ... From Google News Search: "symbol"  ex-astris-scientia.org 503px x 344px | 24.00kB [source page] Breen Confederacy http memory alpha org en wiki File eracy logo png http www ex astris scientia org ga een symbol jpg Andorian Empire  rockfordillinois.com 480px x 640px | 31.20kB [source page] Blog by Doug Logan Strong in the Broken Places Friday August 07 2009 strong in the broken places rockford Illinois is the home of a massive piece of modern public sculpture entitled Symbol Its creator was the Russian emigre Alexander Lieberman whose day job was editor of Vogue magazine in pre Tina Brown days and who was a scion of the Manhattan literati scene  xputers.informatik.uni-kl.de 731px x 910px | 13.40kB [source page] Modul dec2to4 Symbol Schematic From Yahoo Image Search: "symbol"  parodieslost.typepad.com Mark Schannon Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:28:58 GM Perhaps homosexuality has started to represent the terror felt by those ultra-conservatives whose vision of America lingers in the good old days of "Father Knows Best."  ukulele-tabs.com unknown Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:30:48 GM Symbol. In My Drive Way ukulele tablature by Jack Johnson, free uke tab and chords.  treehugger.com unknown Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:40:04 GM From the seeds of the silphium plant, to ancient coins and candy hearts--the . symbol. of love has come a long way. Valentine's Day is a day full of love and heart--and heart shapes. From boxes of chocolate, candy hearts, From Google Blog Search: "symbol" |
