signum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A 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.

/ˈsɪɡnəm/

signum signa signums

Learned borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of sign.

signum bell signum function sign function

signum manus

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