Signature : (noun)
1: your name written in your own handwriting
2: a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch"
[syn: touch]
3: a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or
radio/tv program [syn: signature tune, theme song]
4: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the
key [syn: key signature]
5: a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page
size and is bound with other signatures to form a book
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Signature : \Sig"na*ture\, n. [F. (cf. It. signatura, segnatura,
Sp. & LL. signatura), from L. signare, signatum. See Sign,
v. t.]
1. A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.
The brain, being well furnished with various traces,
signatures, and images. --I. Watts.
The natural and indelible signature of God, which
human souls . . . are supposed to be stamped with.
--Bentley.
2. 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.
3. (Physiol.) An outward mark by which internal
characteristics were supposed to be indicated.
Some plants bear a very evident signature of their
nature and use. --Dr. H. More.
4. (Old Med.) 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.
5. (Mus.) 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.
6. (Print.)
(a) 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.
(b) The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it
is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.
Note: Star signatures (as A*, 1*) are the same characters,
with the addition of asterisks, used on the first pages
of offcuts, as in 12mo sheets.
7. (Pharm.) 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).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Signature : \Sig"na*ture\, v. t.
To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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SIGNATURE, eccl. law. The name of a sort of rescript, without seal,
containing the supplication, theSignature : of the pope or his delegate, and
the grant of a pardon Dict. Dr. Can. h.v.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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SIGNATURE, pract. contr. BySignature : is understood the act of putting down
a man's name, at the end of an instrument, to attest its validity. The name
thus written is also called a signature.
2. It is not necessary that a party should write his name himself, to
constitute a signature; his mark is now held sufficient though he was able
to write. 8 Ad. & El. 94; 3 N. & Per. 228; 3 Curt. 752; 5 John. 144, A
signature made by a party, another person guiding his band with his consent,
is sufficient. 4 Wash. C. C. 262, 269. Vide to Sign.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Signature : Signature: 1) That part of the prescription that contains the doctor's directions to the patient. For example, the signature might say "take twice daily with food". Also known as the sig.. 2)
The outward appearance of a natural object, which was once taken as a token of its special properties. This ancient doctrine of signatures led some to conclude that the walnut, which looks something
like a tiny brain, could be used to heal brain problems; the liverwort plant, which has a three-lobed liver-like leaf, was useful in treating liver disease; and so on. Not too many physicians accept
such fanciful ideas today.
The word "signature" comes from the Latin "signare" meaning "to sign or mark."
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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