{"id":22622,"count":1,"description":"A symbol is something that represents an idea, a physical entity or a process but is distinct from it. The purpose of a symbol is to communicate meaning. For example, a red octagon may be a symbol for \"STOP\". On a map, a picture of a tent might represent a campsite. Numerals are symbols for numbers. Personal names are symbols representing individuals. A red rose symbolizes love and compassion.\nIn cartography, an organized collection of symbols forms a legend, or key.\nThe word symbol came to the English language by way of Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from the Greek \u03c3\u03cd\u03bc\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd (s\u00fdmbolon) from the root words \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd- (syn-), meaning \"together,\" and \u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03ae (bol\u0113), \"a throw\", having the approximate meaning of \"to throw together\", literally a \"coincidence\", also \"sign, ticket, or contract\". The earliest attestation of the term is in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes where Hermes on seeing the tortoise exclaims \"\u03c3\u03cd\u03bc\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u1f24\u03b4\u03b7 \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u03ad\u03b3\u1fbd \u1f40\u03bd\u03ae\u03c3\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\", meaning \"A sign\/portent\/encounter of joy to me...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/symbol\/","name":"Symbol","slug":"symbol","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/22622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=22622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}