Print vs. Signature

Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.

Example: ‘Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.’;

To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.

Example: ‘The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.’;

(ambitransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.

Example: ‘Print your name here and sign below.’; ‘I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print.’;

(ambitransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.

Example: ‘How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?’;

(transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.

Example: ‘to print calico’;

(transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

(transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.

To display a string on the terminal.

(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.

Example: ‘Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.’; ‘TV and the internet haven't killed print.’;

(uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.

Example: ‘Write in print using block letters.’;

(uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.

Example: ‘The print is too small for me to read.’;

A visible impression on a surface.

Example: ‘Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.’;

A fingerprint.

Example: ‘Did the police find any prints at the scene?’;

A footprint.

(visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.

(photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.

(motion pictures) A copy of a film that can be projected.

Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

Example: ‘A look will print a thought that never may remove.’; ‘Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint,Which in that field young Edward's sword did print.’; ‘Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay.’;

To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.

Example: ‘Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode,That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod.’;

To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book.

To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico.

To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface.

To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.

To publish a book or an article.

Example: ‘From the moment he prints, he must except to hear no more truth.’;

A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow.

Example: ‘Where print of human feet was never seen.’;

A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print.

That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter.

Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print.

That which is produced by printing.

A core print. See under Core.

the result of the printing process;

Example: ‘I want to see it in black and white’;

a picture or design printed from an engraving

a visible indication made on a surface;

Example: ‘some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks’; ‘paw prints were everywhere’;

a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)

a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)

a printed picture produced from a photographic negative

put into print;

Example: ‘The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce’; ‘These news should not be printed’;

write as if with print; not cursive

make into a print;

Example: ‘print the negative’;

reproduce by printing

produce (books, newspapers, etc.), especially in large quantities, by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper

Example: ‘a thousand copies of the book were printed’;

produce (text or a picture) by a printing process

Example: ‘the words had been printed in dark type’;

(of a newspaper or magazine) publish (a piece of writing) within its pages

Example: ‘the article was printed in the first edition’;

(of a publisher or printer) arrange for (a book, manuscript, etc.) to be reproduced in large quantities

Example: ‘in 1923 he printed Yeats' ‘Biographical Fragments’’;

produce a paper copy of (information stored on a computer)

Example: ‘the results of a search can be printed out’;

produce (a photographic print) from a negative

Example: ‘any make of film can be developed and printed’;

write (text) clearly without joining the letters together

Example: ‘print your name and address on the back of the cheque’;

mark (a surface, typically a fabric or garment) with a coloured design or pattern

Example: ‘a delicate fabric printed with roses’;

transfer (a design or pattern) to a surface

Example: ‘patterns of birds and trees were printed on the cotton’;

make (a mark or indentation) by pressing something on a surface or in a soft substance

Example: ‘a beetle scurried by, printing tracks in the sand with its busy feet’;

mark (the surface of a soft substance)

Example: ‘we printed the butter with carved wooden butter moulds’;

fix (something) firmly or indelibly in someone's mind

Example: ‘his face was printed on her memory’;

the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication, especially with reference to its size, form, or style

Example: ‘bold print’; ‘she forced herself to concentrate on the tiny print’;

the state of being available in published form

Example: ‘the news will never get into print’;

a newspaper

Example: ‘the report's contents were widely summarized in the public prints’;

relating to the printing industry or the printed media

Example: ‘the print unions’;

an indentation or mark made on a surface or soft substance

Example: ‘there were paw prints everywhere’;

fingerprints

Example: ‘the FBI matched the prints to those of the robbery suspect’;

a picture or design printed from a block or plate or copied from a painting by photography

Example: ‘the walls were hung with sporting prints’;

a photograph printed on paper from a negative or transparency

Example: ‘please send a black-and-white or colour print to the editor’;

a copy of a motion picture on film, especially a particular version of it

Example: ‘he screened his own print of the film at festivals around the world’;

a piece of fabric or clothing with a coloured pattern or design printed on it

Example: ‘light summer prints’; ‘a floral print dress’;

a pattern or design printed on a garment or fabric

Example: ‘the blouse is available in an assortment of colours and prints’;

Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.

Example: ‘Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.’; ‘The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid.’;

A person’s name, written by that person, used to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.

The act of signing one's name.

(medicine) The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.

(music) Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.

(printing) A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.

(computing) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.

(cryptography) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.

(figurative) A mark or sign of implication.

(mathematics) A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form.

A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.

A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

Example: ‘The brain, being well furnished with various traces, signatures, and images.’; ‘The natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls . . . are supposed to be stamped with.’;

Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.

An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.

Example: ‘Some plants bear a very evident signature of their nature and use.’;

A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; - supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.

The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.

A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets.

That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).

To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.

your name written in your own handwriting

a distinguishing style;

Example: ‘this room needs a woman's touch’;

a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book

a person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a cheque or document or concluding a letter

Example: ‘the signature of a senior manager’;

the action of signing a document

Example: ‘the licence was sent to the customer for signature’;

a distinctive pattern, product, or characteristic by which someone or something can be identified

Example: ‘the chef produced the pâté that was his signature’; ‘his signature dish’;

short for key signature or time signature

a letter or figure printed at the foot of one or more pages of each sheet of a book as a guide in binding.

a printed sheet after being folded to form a group of pages.

the part of a medical prescription that gives instructions about the use of the medicine or drug prescribed.

A signature (; from Latin: signare, ) is a handwritten (and often stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname, or even a simple or other mark that a person writes on documents as a proof of identity and intent. The writer of a signature is a signatory or signer.

Example: ‘to sign’; ‘X’;