arbitrary symbol

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• symbol — 1 Symbol, emblem, attribute, type can all denote a perceptible thing that stands for or suggests something invisible or intangible. Symbol and emblem are often used interchangeably but they can be so used as to convey clearly distinguishable… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Symbol 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… …   Wikipedia

• Arbitrary function — Function Func tion, n. [L. functio, fr. fungi to perform, execute, akin to Skr. bhuj to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F. fonction. Cf. {Defunct}.] 1. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; performance. In the function of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• symbol — Most generally, any act or thing which represents something else. More particularly, the smallest meaning unit in the semantic fields of rituals , dream, or myth . In psychoanalysis , a symbol is an act or object representing a repressed… …   Dictionary of sociology

• Symbol — Most generally, any act or thing which represents something else. More particularly, the smallest meaning unit in the semantic fields of rituals , dream, or myth . In psychoanalysis , a symbol is an act or object representing a repressed… …   Dictionary of sociology

• symbol — I. noun Etymology: in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• symbol — 1. A conventional sign serving as an abbreviation. 2. In chemistry, an abbreviation of the name of an element, radical, or compound, expressing in chemical formulas one atom or molecule of that element ( e.g., H and O in H2O); in biochemistry …   Medical dictionary

• arbitrary constant — noun mathematics : a symbol to which various values may be assigned but which remains unaffected by the changes in the values of the variables of the equation …   Useful english dictionary

• arbitrary function — noun : a symbol that may be considered to represent any one function of a set of functions …   Useful english dictionary

• Levi-Civita symbol — Not to be confused with Levi Civita connection. The Levi Civita symbol, also called the permutation symbol, antisymmetric symbol, or alternating symbol, is a mathematical symbol used in particular in tensor calculus. It is named after the Italian …   Wikipedia

• Jacobi symbol — The Jacobi symbol is a generalization of the Legendre symbol introduced by Jacobi in 1837 [C.G.J.Jacobi Uber die Kreisteilung und ihre Anwendung auf die Zahlentheorie , Bericht Ak. Wiss. Berlin (1837) pp 127 136] . It is of theoretical interest… …   Wikipedia