Meaning

• A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.

  "$ is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries."

• A thing considered the embodiment of a concept or object.

  "The lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience."

• A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.

• A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.

  "The Apostles, Nicene Creed and the confessional books of Protestantism, such as the Augsburg Confession of Lutheranism are considered symbols."

• The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.

• That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.

• Share; allotment.

• An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.

• A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.

Meaning

• To symbolize.