单词 | signature |
释义 | signature/ˈsɪɡnətʃə /noun 1A person’s name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a cheque or document or concluding a letter: the signature of a senior manager...
1.1 [mass noun] The action of signing a document: the licence was sent to the customer for signature...
1.2A distinctive pattern, product, or characteristic by which someone or something can be identified: the chef produced the pâté that was his signature [as modifier]: his signature dish...
2 Music short for key signature or time signature.Sharps in signatures did not become common until the 17th century....
3 Printing A letter or figure printed at the foot of one or more pages of each sheet of a book as a guide in binding.The signature ensured that a large sheet of paper printed on a press could be folded, gathered, bound, and cut with the leaves in the proper order. 3.1A printed sheet after being folded to form a group of pages.To make the inside signatures fold copy paper in half the long way....
4North American The part of a medical prescription that gives instructions about the use of the medicine or drug prescribed.If famotidine is used for reasons other than the two criteria described below, the attending physician will also need to provide a signature and an explanation for the use of famotidine. OriginMid 16th century (as a Scots legal term, denoting a document presented by a writer to the Signet): from medieval Latin signatura 'sign manual' (in late Latin denoting a marking on sheep), from Latin signare 'to sign, mark'. |
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