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signa

/ˈsɪɡnə/

signa is the plural of signum.

Meaning of signum

Noun

signum (plural signa or signums)

  1. A sign, mark, or symbol.
  2. A medieval tower bell used particularly for ringing the eight canonical hours.
    Synonyms:
    signum bell
  3. A function that extracts the sign of a real number x, yielding −1 if x is negative, +1 if x is positive, or 0 if x is zero.

Origin of signa

Learned borrowing from Latin signa, nominative plural of signum.

Questions about signa

What is signa the plural of?
Signa is the plural of signum.
How do you pronounce signa?
Signa is pronounced /ˈsɪɡnə/.

Words near signa in the dictionary

  1. sign-post
  2. sign-posts
  3. sign-up
  4. sign-ups
  5. sign-value notation
  6. signa
  7. signability
  8. signable
  9. signage
  10. signages
  11. signal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: signa (page history and authors); signum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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