Definition of Signature

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Signature

A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.

An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.

A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.

The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.

A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets.

The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.

That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).

To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.

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Signature Quotations

A man's kiss is his signature.
Mae West

Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!
Pat Riley

A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.
Pat Riley

What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.
Brendan Francis

I've been writing about James Fenimore Cooper. He was not a writer. Here was a man who was 30 years old and had never put anything more than his signature on paper.
Leslie Fiedler

The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.
Randy Neugebauer

During the 1970s and 1980s Gibson did use my likeness, but we never signed anything. This new Signature model is the first time we struck a formal written deal for a guitar with my name on it.
Neil Schon

Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.
Vladimir Kramnik

What does signature mean? Supposedly these are the added touches that make the crime personal to the killer.
Pat Brown

Art is the signature of civilizations.
Beverly Sills

Signature Translations

signature in Afrikaans is handtekening
signature in Danish is underskrift
signature in Dutch is handtekening, ondertekening
signature in French is signature
Signature in German is Unterschrift, Signatur, Unterschrift
signature in Italian is firma
signature in Norwegian is underskrift
signature in Portuguese is assinatura

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