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1. a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation:

(音楽･化学･数学などの) «…を表す» 記号, 符号 «for»

e.g. the symbol r in Figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective

e.g. the chemical symbol for helium is He.

a shape or sign used to represent something such as an organization, e.g. a red cross or a Star of David:

象徴, 表象, シンボル

e.g. the Red Cross symbol

e.g. the Star of David, the Jewish symbol.

2. a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract:

〘宗〙 信条

e.g. the limousine was another symbol of his wealth and authority.

verb (symbols, symboling, symboled; British symbols, symbolling, symbolled) with object archaic

symbolize.

late Middle English (denoting the Apostles' Creed): from Latin symbolum ‘symbol, Creed (as the mark of a Christian)’, from Greek sumbolon ‘mark, token’, from sun- ‘with’ + ballein ‘to throw’.