"signum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪɡnəm/ Forms: signa [plural], signums [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of sign. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{lbor|en|la|signum}} Learned borrowing from Latin signum, {{dbt|en|sign}} Doublet of sign Head templates: {{en-noun|signa|s}} signum (plural signa or signums)
  1. A sign, mark, or symbol.
    Sense id: en-signum-en-noun-Es~lYLXf
  2. (history) A medieval tower bell used particularly for ringing the eight canonical hours. Categories (topical): History Synonyms: signum bell
    Sense id: en-signum-en-noun-1YdZspkk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 64 35 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  3. (mathematics) 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. Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: signum function, sign function
    Sense id: en-signum-en-noun-vOSoXVqt Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: signum manus

Inflected forms

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