signum
suomi-englanti sanakirjasignum englanniksi
A medieval tower bell used particularly for ringing the eight hours.:s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition|''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 9th ed., "Britannica, Ninth Edition/Bell|Bell".''Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music'', Vol. 2, p. 452.
(syn)
A function that extracts the sign of a number ''x'', yielding -1 if ''x'' is negative, +1 if ''x'' is positive, or 0 if ''x'' is zero.
(uxi) (l) (l)|t=to go for fight with someone
(Q)
constellation; sign in the heavens, heavenly sign
(l) (gloss)
the cross of Jesus Christ & Christianity.
(Q), ''Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis'', page 482a|quote=Tribus autem digitis signa facimus, quia Trinitatem exprimimus.|t=We perform these signings of the cross with three fingers, because we represent the Trinity with it.