1.
[syn: semiotics, semiology]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Semeiology \Se`mei*ol"o*gy\ (s[=e]`m[-e]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^] or
s[=e]`m[-i]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), or Semiology \Se`mi*ol"o*gy\
(s[e^]m`[-e]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. shmei^on a mark, a
sign + -logy.]
The study of signs as an element of communication; the
analysis of systems of communication; -- also called
semiotics. Specifically:
(a) (Med.) The science of the signs or symptoms of disease;
symptomatology.
(b) The art of using signs in signaling.
[1913 Webster] Semeiotic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Semeiotics \Se`mei*ot"ics\ (s[=e]`m[-i]*[o^]t"[i^]ks), or
Semiotics \Se`mi*ot"ics\, n.
1. The study of signs as an element of communication; the
analysis of systems of communication; -- also called
semiology.
[PJC]
2. a theory of signs and symbols, including as branches
semantics, pragmatics and syntactics. --[RHUD]
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Semiography \Se`mi*og"ra*phy\, Semiology \Se`mi*ol"o*gy\,
Semiological \Se`mi*o*log"ic*al\
Same as Semeiography, Semeiology, Semeiological.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
semiology
n 1: (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of
signs and symbols [syn: semiotics, semiology]