Definition of signature

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Signature (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major..

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Signature :: Signature (v. t.) To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures..
Accidental :: Accidental (n.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note..
Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures..
Carte Blanche :: Carte blanche () A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority..
Signatory :: Signatory (a.) Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers..
Signable :: Signable (a.) Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular person..
Sigil :: Sigil (n.) A seal; a signature.
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal..
Countersign :: Countersign (v. t.) To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing..
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets..
Allograph :: Allograph (n.) A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.
Forge :: Forge (n.) To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate; to counterfeit, as, a signature, or a signed document..
Hand :: Hand (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature..
Mark :: Mark (n.) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major..
Paraph :: Paraph (n.) A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery..
Subsecute :: Subscriptive (a.) Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature..
Consignature :: Consignature (n.) Joint signature.
Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet.
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