verbal symbol
1Symbol grounding — The Symbol Grounding Problem is related to the problem of how words (symbols) get their meanings, and hence to the problem of what meaning itself really is. The problem of meaning is in turn related to the problem of consciousness, or how it is… …
2National symbol — A national symbol is a symbol of any entity considering itself and manifesting itself to the world as a national community – namely sovereign states, but also nations and countries in a state of colonial or other dependence, (con)federal… …
3significant symbol — Sociol. a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning. * * * …
4significant symbol — Sociol. a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning …
5Extelligence — is a term coined by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen in their 1997 book Figments of Reality . They define it as all the cultural capital that is available to us in the form of tribal legends, folklore, nursery rhymes, books, videotapes, CD ROMs,… …
6glyph — noun /ɡlɪf/ a) A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea. b) Any non verbal symbol that imparts information …
7VD — Symbol for physiologic dead space. * * * vapor density; vascular disease; vasodilation, vasodilator; venereal disease; venous dilatation; ventricular dilator; ventrodorsal; verbal dysphasia; vertical deviation; vertical divergence; video disk;… …
8HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …
9religious symbolism and iconography — Introduction respectively, the basic and often complex artistic forms and gestures used as a kind of key to convey religious concepts and the visual, auditory, and kinetic representations of religious ideas and events. Symbolism and… …
10Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
