graphic symbol

collocation in English

meaningsofgraphicandsymbol

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graphic
adjective
uk
/ˈɡræf.ɪk/
us
/ˈɡræf.ɪk/
very clear ...
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symbol
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪm.bəl/
us
/ˈsɪm.bəl/
a sign, shape, or object that is used to represent ...
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(Definition ofgraphicandsymbolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgraphic symbol

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Thus, the participants were consistent in the ways they constructed two distinct types of complex sentences on agraphicsymboldisplay.
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The relationship between the word orders produced ingraphicsymbolutterances and the way the same word orders are interpreted is not necessarily straightforward.
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Instead, their interpretation of thegraphicsymbolsequences follows predictions derived from spoken language comprehension processes.
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The most fundamental finding of the study was that all participants producedgraphicsymbolutterances that encoded two predicates.
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Now, however, they can easily be regained by combining already defined graphic symbols.
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The most important feature of this revision is the introduction of graphic symbols as opposed to letters or verbal designations to represent the analysis.
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For example, it can identify sequences such as words, dotted lines, or cross-hatching, which are an aligned series of lines or graphic symbols that have the same characteristics.
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Visual modality factors include the use of visual representations, such as picture sets, graphic symbols, or printed words, and the use of strategies that facilitate visual processing.
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Graphic symbols make a multidimensional representation possible.
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The observation that these designers only used a limited set of graphic symbols suggests that a computer-based diagramming tool would only need to provide limited pattern recognition facilities.
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The child is taught alternative ways to communicate : perhaps manual signs, pointing to pictures or graphic symbols, perhaps using an electronic device that produces synthesized speech.
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Labels will contain instructions for handling and compulsory graphic symbols and pictograms which will be intelligible to people anywhere in the world.
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Research suggests that lexical representations of words, including manual signing, as well as speech and graphic symbols, can be used to reinforce other lexical representations.
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Much attention was given to electrical components, their standards, and graphic symbols.
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Cuneiform is written amongst the graphic symbols of the upper cone.
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Visual puns are used in many logos, emblems, insignia, and other graphic symbols, in which one or more of the pun aspects are replaced by a picture.
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