PRINTED SYMBOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does printed symbol mean? 

• PRINTED SYMBOL (noun)
  The noun PRINTED SYMBOL has 1 sense:

1. a written or printed symbol

  Familiarity information: PRINTED SYMBOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRINTED SYMBOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A written or printed symbol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

printed symbol; written symbol

Hypernyms ("printed symbol" is a kind of...):

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "printed symbol"):

mark (a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation))

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)

phonogram (any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word)