sigla

British  

/ ˈsɪɡlə /

noun

1. the list of symbols used in a book, usually collected together as part of the preliminaries

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Etymology

Origin of sigla

Latin: plural of siglum, diminutive of signum sign

Example Sentences

En de los laboratorios BSL-4 que visitó el equipo, siempre había filtros absolutos, o HEPA, por su sigla en inglés.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2022

En er þeir sā þat, þa bāðu þeir konunginn sigla leið sīna, en lęggja eigi til orrostu við svā mikinn hęr.

From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Sweet, Henry

En jarl sigldi nær konungs-skipinu, ok kallaði til þeira, bað konung sigla ęptir sēr: 'mēr er kunnast,' sęgir hann, 'hvar djūpast er um eyja-sundin, en þēr munuð þess þurfa með þau in stōru skipin.'

From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Sweet, Henry

En þā er þeir sā Orminn langa, kęndu allir, ok mælti þā engi ī mōt, at þar mundi sigla Ōlāfr Tryggvason; gengu þā til skipanna, ok skipuðu til at- lǫgunnar.

From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Sweet, Henry

The sigla denoting a Fellow of the Royal Society.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir