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    SIG
    abbreviation
    special-interest group.
  • sig.
    sig.
    abbreviation
    signal.
  • Sig.
    Sig.
    abbreviation
    (in prescriptions) write; mark; label: indicating directions to be written on a package or label for the use of the patient.

SIG

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. special-interest group.

sig. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. signal.

  2. signature.

  3. signor. Also Sig.

  4. signore; signori. Also Sig.

Sig. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) write; mark; label: indicating directions to be written on a package or label for the use of the patient.

Sig. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. let it be written.

Sig. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) signā

  2. (in prescriptions) signature

  3. signor

  4. signore

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
sig. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. signature

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Sig.3

< Latin signā; See signa

Origin of Sig.4

From the Latin word signētur

Example Sentences

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As you do this with many documents, the Bayesian system creates a probability for each sig- nificant word, dropping in the marbles.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2013

There is, says the agency, "a substantial question as to the validity, sig- nificance or interpretation of tests and studies related to such claims."

From Time Magazine Archive

She came to recognize the slight prickling on her skin that sig- naled he was nearby.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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