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(Greek: signal, signals; sign, signs; mark, marks; symbol, symbols)
(scribe tools and symbols of one of the most important occupations of ancient Egyptian times)
(a few deities and the symbols that represent them)
(scribe tools and symbols of one of the most important occupations of ancient Egyptian times)
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Latin numerical symbol (s) (noun), Latin numerical symbols (pl)
The origin of Latin counting symbols: There are some people who believe that the Latin numerical symbol V (5) represents the hand with all five fingers spread apart.

It is pleasant to think that I represents the upheld finger of Latin Numerical symbols and that V might symbolize the hand itself with all five fingers; so, one branch of the V would be the extended thumb; the other, the remaining fingers for "six", "seven", "eight", and "nine"; we would then have VI, VII, VIII, and VIIII.

—Compiled from Asimov on Numbers;
by Isaac Asimov; Mercury Press, Inc.;
New York; 1966; page 9.
This entry is located in the following units: numer-, number- (page 3) syn-, sy-, sym-, syl-, sys- (page 6)
(shortened forms of spoken words or written symbols, or phrases, used chiefly in writing to represent the complete forms)
(Latin punctus "a point" or "a mark"; the standardized non-alphabetical symbols or marks that are used to organize writing into clauses, phrases, and sentences, and in this way to clarify meanings)
(mathematics is the deductive study of quantities, magnitudes, and shapes as determined by the use of numbers and symbols while every branch of science and engineering depends on mathematics; measurement is the process of associating numbers with physical quantities and phenomena and measurement is fundamental to the sciences; to engineering, construction, and other technical fields; and to almost all everyday activities)
(this page includes a presentation of the punctuation marks or symbols that are in general use in English writing)
(symbols at the beginning and end of a word or groups of words)
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Punctuation Marks or Punctuations with Symbols
The Punctuation Marks with Symbols and Explanations.
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