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% <- recognition of something by its features must be broken out into a separate entry. Include the terms recognition, identification, dereplication, classification; note memory Memory, identification (comparison, Comparison, discovery Discovery [Result of search or inquiry]) distinguish recognition and recall in technical sense ->
[means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, trait; fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint [for animals]; cloven hoof; footfall; recognition (memory) Memory.
[means of recognition: tool] diagnostic, divining rod; detector.
sign, symbol; index, indice[Obs], indicator; point, pointer; exponent, note, token, symptom; dollar sign, dollar mark.
type, figure, emblem, cipher, device; representation &c. Representation; epigraph, motto, posy.
gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology[obs3], dactylonomy[obs3]; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology[Med], byplay, dumb show; cue; hint &c. Information; clue, clew, key, scent.
signal, signal post; rocket, blue light; watch fire, watch tower; telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff; cresset[obs3], fiery cross; calumet; heliograph; guidon; headlight.
[sign (evidence) on physobj of contact with another physobj] mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick.
print; imprint, impress, impression.
[symbols accompanying written text to signify modified interpretation] keyboard symbols, printing symbols; red letter[for emphasis], italics, sublineation[obs3], underlining, bold font; jotting; note, annotation, reference; blaze, cedilla, guillemets[obs3], hachure[Topography], ; quotation marks, double quotes,"", parentheses, brackets, braces, curly brackets, arrows, slashes; left parenthesis[list], "("; right parenthesis, ")"; opening bracket, "["; closing bracket, "]"; left curly brace, "{"; right curly brace, "}"; left arrow, "<"; right arrow, ">"; forward slash, "/"; backward slash, "\"; exclamation point, "!"; commercial at, "@"; pound sign, "£"; percent sign, "%"; carat, "^"; ampersand, "&"; asterisk, "*"; hyphen, "-"; dash, "-", "_"; em dash, "--"; plus sign, "+", equals sign, "="; question mark, "?"; period, "."; semicolon, ";", colon, ":"; comma, ","; apostrophe, "'"; single quote, "'"; tilde, "~".
[For identification: general] badge, criterion; countercheck[obs3], countermark[obs3], countersign, counterfoil; duplicate, tally; label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop; dib[obs3]; totem; tessera[obs3], card, bill; witness, voucher; stamp; cacher[Fr]; trade mark, Hall mark.
[For identification of people, on a document] signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil[Lat], signet, hand and seal [Law]; paraph[obs3], brand; superscription; indorsement[obs3], endorsement.
[For identification of people, to gain access to restricted (locations or information)] password, watchword, catchword; security card, pass, passkey; credentials &c. (evidence) Evidence [On one side]; open sesame; timbrology[obs3]; mot de passe[Fr], mot du guet[Fr]; pass-parole; shibboleth.
title, heading, docket.
address card, visiting card; carte de visite[Fr].
insignia; banner, banneret[obs3], bannerol[obs3]; bandrol[obs3]; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum[obs3], oriflamb[obs3], oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee[obs3], blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, " old glory " [U. S.], quarantine flag; vexillum[obs3]; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting.
heraldry, crest; coat of arms, arms; armorial bearings, hatchment[obs3]; escutcheon, scutcheon; shield, supporters; livery, uniform; cockade, epaulet, chevron; garland, love knot, favor.
[Of locality] beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock; guidepost, handpost[obs3], fingerpost[obs3], directing post, signpost; pillars of Hercules, pharos; bale-fire, beacon- fire; l'etoile du Nord[Fr]; landmark, seamark; lighthouse, balize[obs3]; polestar, loadstar[obs3], lodestar; cynosure, guide; address, direction, name; sign, signboard.
[Of the future] warning &c. Warning; omen &c. Omen; prefigurement &c. Prediction. trace[Of the past], record &c. Record. warning &c. Warning[Of danger]; alarm &c. Alarm [Indication of danger]. scepter &c. Scepter [Insignia of authority][Of authority]. trophy &c. Trophy[Of triumph]. gauge &c. Measurement[Of quantity]. milestone[Of distance], milepost. brand[Of disgrace], fool's cap. check[For detection], telltale; test &c. (experiment) Experiment; mileage ticket; milliary[obs3].
notification &c. (information) Information; advertisement &c. (publication) Publication.
word of command, call; bugle call, trumpet call; bell, alarum, cry; battle cry, rallying cry; angelus[obs3]; reveille; sacring bell[obs3], sanctus bell[Lat].
exposition &c. (explanation) Interpretation, proof &c. (evidence) Experiment; pattern &c. (prototype) Prototype [Thing copied].
V. indicate; be the sign &c. n. of; denote, betoken; argue, testify &c. (evidence) Evidence [On one side]; bear the impress &c. n. of; connote, connotate[obs3].
represent, stand for; typify &c. (prefigure) Prediction; symbolize.
put an indication, put a mark &c. n.; note, mark, stamp, earmark; blaze; label, ticket, docket; dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk; print; imprint, impress; engrave, stereotype.
make a sign &c. n. signalize; underscore; give a signal, hang out a signal; beckon; nod; wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink; gesticulate; raise the finger , hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand; saw the air, "suit the action to the word" [Hamlet].
wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner &c. n.; wave the hand, wave a kerchief; give the cue &c. (inform) Information; show one's colors; give an alarm, sound an alarm; beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry.
sign, seal, attest &c. (evidence) Evidence [On one side]; underline &c. (give importance to) Importance; call attention to &c. (attention) Attention; give notice &c. (inform) Information.
Adj. indicating &c. v., indicative, indicatory; denotative, connotative; diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic[obs3], symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial; individual &c. (special) Speciality.
known by, recognizable by; indicated &c. v.; pointed, marked.
[Capable of being denoted] denotable[obs3]; indelible.
Adv. in token of; symbolically &c. adj.; in dumb show.
Phr. ecce signum[Lat]; ex ungue leonem[Lat], ex pede Herculem[Lat]; vide ut supra; vultus ariete fortior[Lat][obs3].
monument, hatchment[obs3], slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento &c. (memory) Memory; testimonial, medal; commemoration &c. (celebration) Celebration.
record, note, minute; register, registry; roll &c. (list) List; cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne[Fr]; entry, memorandum, indorsement[obs3], inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch &c. (mark) Indication; muniment[obs3], deed &c. (security) Security; document; deposition, proces verbal[Fr]; affidavit; certificate &c. (evidence) Evidence [On one side].
notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book; portfolio; pigeonholes, excerpta[obs3], adversaria[Lat], jottings, dottings[obs3].
gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack[obs3]; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook[obs3], petty cashbook[obs3]; professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article.
archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics &c. List; compte rendu[Fr]; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle,annals, legend; history, biography &c. Description; Congressional Records.
registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment[obs3]; tabulation; entry, booking; signature &c (identification) Indication; recorder &c. Recorder; journalism.
[analog recording media] recording, tape recording, videotape.
[digital recording media] compact disk; floppy disk, diskette; hard disk, Winchester disk; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM.
V. record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory &c. (remember) Memory; commemorate &c. (celebrate) Celebration; report &c. (inform) Information; write, commit to writing, reduce to writing; put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white; put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down; note, minute, put on paper; take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum; make a return.
mark &c. (indicate) Indication; sign &c. (attest) Evidence [On one side].
enter, book; post, post up, insert, make an entry of; mark off, tick off; register, enroll, inscroll[obs3]; file &c. (store) Store.
burn into memory; carve in stone.
Adv. on record.
Phr. exegi monumentum aere perennium [Lat][obs3][Horace]; "read their history in a nation's eyes" [Gray]; " records that defy the tooth of time " [Young].
V. efface, obliterate, erase, raze[Obs]!, rase[obs3], expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out; wipe off, rub off; wipe away; deface, render illegible; draw the pen through, apply the sponge.
be effaced &c.; leave no trace &c. Indication; "leave not a rack behind." Adj. obliterated &c. v.; out of print; printless[obs3]; leaving no trace; intestate; unrecorded, unregistered, unwritten.
Int. dele; out with it! Phr. delenda est Carthago [Lat][Cato].
annalist; historian, historiographer; chronicler, journalist; biographer &c. (narrator) Description; antiquary &c. (antiquity) Past (the) [Retrospective time]; memorialist[obs3]; interviewer.
personation, personification; impersonation; drama &c. Drama (the).
picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot; X-ray photo; movie film, movie; tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV.
copy &c. Copy [Result of imitation]; drawing, sketch, drought, draft; plot, chart, figure, scheme.
image, likeness, icon, portrait , striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile.
figure , figure head; puppet, doll, figurine, aglet[obs3], manikin, lay-figure, model, mammet[obs3], marionette, fantoccini[obs3], waxwork, bust; statue, statuette.
ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph [obs3],kanji[Jap]; diagram, monogram.
map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) Plan.
ichnography[obs3], cartography; atlas; outline, scheme; view &c. (painting) Painting; radiograph, scotograph[obs3], sciagraph[obs3]; spectrogram, heliogram[obs3].
V. represent, delineate; depict, depicture[obs3]; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness &c. n.; hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; figure, shadow forth, shadow out; adumbrate; body forth; describe &c. Description; trace, copy; mold. dress up; illustrate, symbolize.
paint &c. Painting; carve &c. Sculpture; engrave &c. Engraving.
personate, personify; impersonate; assume a character; pose as; act; play &c. (drama) Drama (the); mimic &c. (imitate) Imitation; hold the mirror up to nature.
Adj. represent, representing &c. v., representative; *illustrative; represented &c. v.; imitative, figurative; iconic.
like &c. Similarity; graphic &c. (descriptive) Description; cinquecento quattrocento[Fr][obs3], trecento[obs3].
V. misrepresent, distort, overdraw, exaggerate, caricature, daub; burlesque, parody, travesty.
Adj. misrepresented &c. v.
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historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting; landscape painting, marine painting; still life, flower painting, scene painting; scenography[obs3].
school, style; the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture; ornamental art &c. Ornament.
monochrome, polychrome; grisaille[Fr].
pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint &c. (coloring matter) Color; watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish &c. Resin, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry.
photography, heliography, color photography; sun painting; graphics, computer graphics.
picture, painting, piece[Fr], tableau, canvas; oil painting &c.; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil &c. drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study.
photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph; daguerreotype, talbotype[obs3], calotype[obs3], heliotype[obs3]; negative, positive; print, glossy print, matte print; enlargement, reduction, life-size print; instant photo, Polaroid photo.
technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome; Polaroid.
portrait &c. (representation) Representation; whole length, full length, half length; kitcat, head; miniature; shade, silhouette; profile.
landscape, seapiece[obs3]; view, scene, prospect; panorama, diorama; still life.
picture gallery, exhibit; studio, atelier; pinacotheca[obs3].
V. paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up; color, dead color, wash, varnish; draw in pencil &c. n.; paint in oils &c. n.; stencil; depict &c. (represent) Representation.
Adj. painted &c. v.; pictorial, graphic, picturesque. pencil, oil &c. n.
Adv. in pencil &c. n.
Phr. fecit[Lat], delineavit[Lat]; mutum est pictura poema[Lat].
high relief, low relief, bas relief[Fr]; relief; relieve; bassorilievo[obs3], altorilievo[obs3], mezzorilievo[obs3]; intaglio, anaglyph[obs3]; medal, medallion; cameo.
marble, bronze, terra cotta[Sp], papier-mache; ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware; cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma.
statue.&c. (image) Representation; cast &c (copy) Copy [Result of imitation]; glyptotheca[obs3].
V. sculpture, carve, cut, chisel, model, mold; *cast.
Adj. sculptured &c, v. in relief, anaglyptic[obs3], ceroplastic[obs3], ceramic; parian[obs3]; marble &c. n.; xanthian[obs3].
impression, print, engraving, plate; steelplate, copperplate; etching; mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint[obs3]; cut, woodcut; stereotype, graphotype[obs3], autotype[obs3], heliotype[obs3].
graver, burin[obs3], etching point, style; plate, stone, wood block, negative; die, punch, stamp.
printing; plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing[obs3], color printing, lithographic printing; type printing &c. Printing; three-color process.
illustration, illumination; half tone; photogravure; vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe[Fr], tailpiece.
[person who inscribes on stone] lapidary, lapidarian.
V. engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch; bite, bite in; lithograph &c., n.; print.
Adj. insculptured[obs3]; engraved &c. v..
[of inscriptions on stone] lapidary.
Phr. sculpsit[Lat], imprimit[Lat].
historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles[obs3]; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste[obs3], statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician.
photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff; wildlife photographer.
Phr. photo safari; "with gun and camera"
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