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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Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. t.) To declare over one's signature; to publish.
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..
Signable :: Signable (a.) Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular person..
Cross :: Cross (n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures..
Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet.
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..
Hand :: Hand (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature..
Crisscross :: Crisscross (n.) A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write..
C :: C () The keynote of the normal or natural scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same..
Forgery :: Forgery (n.) The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond..
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. t.) To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc..
Allograph :: Allograph (n.) A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.
Natural :: Natural (a.) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major..
Countersign :: Countersign (a.) The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity..
Autograph :: Autograph (n.) That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
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..
Mark :: Mark (n.) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.
Signaturist :: Signaturist (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities..
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