Signature vs. Variety

Signatureadjective

Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.

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

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The act of signing one's name.

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

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

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

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

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

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(figurative) A mark or sign of implication.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

Signatureverb

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

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your name written in your own handwriting

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a distinguishing style;

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

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

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

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

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the action of signing a document

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

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short for key signature or time signature

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

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

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

Signature

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.

Varietynoun

The quality of being varied; diversity.

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A specific variation of something.

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A number of different things.

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A state of constant change.

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(taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.

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(cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.

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(cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.

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(linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.

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The class of all algebraic structures of a given signature satisfying a given set of identities.

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The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.

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The production of, or performance in, variety shows.

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The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

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That which is various.

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A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.

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Such entertainment as in given in variety shows; the production of, or performance in, variety shows.

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Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.

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An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.

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In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.

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a collection containing a variety of sorts of things;

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noticeable heterogeneity;

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(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differe from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics;

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a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

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a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality;

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a difference that is usually pleasant;

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the quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity or monotony

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a number or range of things of the same general class that are distinct in character or quality

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a thing which differs in some way from others of the same general class or sort; a type

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a form of television or theatre entertainment consisting of a series of different types of act, such as singing, dancing, and comedy

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a taxonomic category that ranks below subspecies (where present) or species, its members differing from others of the same subspecies or species in minor but permanent or heritable characteristics. Varieties are more often recognized in botany, in which they are designated in the style Apium graveolens (var. dulce).

Varietynoun

a cultivated form of a plant.

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a plant or animal which varies in some trivial respect from its immediate parent or type.