DELIMITERS Synonyms

• a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

• a person who separates something into parts or groups

• a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

• a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements

• a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time

• a signal for attracting attention

• a device for showing the operating condition of some system

• (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction

• some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something

• a distinguishing symbol

• a writing implement for making a mark

• either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

• a message that departs from the main subject

• an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension

• a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

• a public display of a message

• any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

• structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted

• (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

• (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease

• having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)

• an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

• a gesture that is part of a sign language

• a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified

• a character indicating a relation between quantities

• used of the language of the deaf

• mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)

• approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

• be engaged by a written agreement

• engage by written agreement

• communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

• place signs, as along a road

• communicate in sign language

• make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

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

• something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible