signum
signum · signa · signums
A sign, mark, or symbolA sign, mark, or symbol.
/ˈsɪɡnəm/
Meaning
3 sensesA sign, mark, or symbol.
A medieval tower bell used particularly for ringing the eight canonical hours.
A function that extracts the sign of a real number x, yielding −1 if x is negative, +1 if x is positive, or 0 if x is zero.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of sign.Learned borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of sign.
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Forms
plural: signa / signumsSynonyms
3 synonymssignum functionsign functionsignum bell
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsignum manus
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular