symbol

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an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
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is a type of (narrower)
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
"signals from the boat suddenly stopped"
sign, signal, signaling
something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
"the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
symbol, symbolic representation, symbolisation, symbolization
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