signature

Meanings

Plural: signatures

Noun

• your name written in your own handwriting
• a distinguishing style
• a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program
• the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
• a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book
• A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
• An act of signing one's name; an act of producing a signature.
• The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
• Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.
• A group of four (or a multiple of four) sheets printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.
• A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
• Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
• A mark or sign of implication.
• A distinguishing feature or product.
• A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form.
• A resemblance between the external character 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.
• Text (or images, etc.) appended to a user's emails, newsgroup posts, forum posts, etc. as a way of adding a personal touch or including contact details.

Adj

• Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.

Synonyms

iconic, key signature, sig, siggy, signature tune, theme song, touch

Related Words

autograph