See Also: Teotihuacan(encyclopedia)
Teotihuacan(tourism)
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan(tourism)

signature (iou) and Teotihuacan (sh)


signature (iou)



signature noun & verb. M16.
[medieval Latin signatura sign manual (in late Latin a marking on sheep), from Latin signare SIGN verb.]
A. noun.
Scots Law. A document prepared by a writer to the signet, outlining and specifying the provenance of a royal grant, charter, etc. obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
A person's name, initials, or distinctive mark, used in signing a letter, document, etc. L16.
G. Gissing At the end of her letters came a signature..'Miriam Baske'.
b. The action of (authenticating a document by) signing one's name, initials, or distinctive mark. E17.
Independent Once that treaty, due for signature..was in place.
A distinguishing mark; spec. (now Hist.) the form, colouring, markings, etc., of a plant or animal, regarded as resembling or symbolizing the organ or disease for which it is effective. E17.
b. A stamp, an impression. M17.
c. Any typical physical or behavioural characteristic, pattern, or response, by which an object, substance, etc. may be identified. Also, a distinctive identifying feature incorporated into the work of an artist, designer, musician, etc. M20.
P. Brook The signature of the Brecht theatre, the white half-curtain. Nature Geochemical signatures indicate that heterotrophic bacteria were present in Proterozoic communities. Aircraft Illustrated Reduction of an aircraft's radar signature is now a paramount feature of military aircraft.
d. In full signature tune. A particular tune associated with and used esp. to introduce a particular performer or programme on Television or Radio. M20.
An image; a figure; an imitative mark. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
Printing.
a. A letter, figure, or combination of letters or figures, placed at the foot of one or more pages of each sheet of a book to show their order for binding. Abbreviation sig. M17.
b. A folded sheet, as distinguished by such a letter, figure, etc. E18.
Music. A sign or set of signs at the beginning of a piece or passage of Music, indicating its key or time. See key signature s.v. KEY noun1 & adjective, time signature s.v. TIME noun. E19.
Directions for the use of a medication etc. given to a patient as part of a prescription. Chiefly US. M19.
b. verb trans.
Indicate symbolically; mark out, designate. M17-M18.
Put a signature on; esp. sign (a document), authenticate or confirm by one's signature. L19.
India Today Accords did get signatured.
signatureless adjective M19.
signaturist noun (rare, now Hist.) a person who subscribes to the theory of signatures in plants etc. M17.

Teotihuacan (sh)




Largest (though not most populous) city of pre-Columbian central Mexico, about 30 mi (50 km) northeast of modern Mexico City.

Teotihuacan wielded its greatest influence in the first 900 years AD, after which it was sacked by the Toltecs. At its height, some 150,000 people lived in the city, which covered about 8 sq mi (21 sq km). Its plazas, temples, and palaces are dominated by the Pyramid of the Moon and the huge Pyramid of the Sun. Teotihuacan was the capital of one of the earliest Mesoamerican civilizations, and some consider it also to have been the centre of Toltec civilization. See also Tula.