A symbol placed before one of greater value subtracts its value e.g., IV = 4, XL = 40, and CD = 400.
A symbol placed after another of equal or greater value adds its value e.g., II = 2 and LX = 60.
Clef, (French: "key") in musical notation, symbol placed at the beginning of the staff, determining the pitch of a particular line and thus setting a reference for, or giving a "key" to, all notes of the staff.
Two-thirds of the Georgia flag consists of the Confederate battle symbol, placed there by the State Legislature in 1956, two years after school segregation was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.
(If the emblem is a person, include biographical information and his or her impact, then and now. If the emblem is a symbol, place or piece of music, include when it was first created, who created it and why).
(The 'triangle' symbol placed on the cellphone represents the embedded agent).
Rising intonation ↑↓ Shifts into higher or lower pitch ° Quieter sounds (symbol placed before and after) < > Slowed down speed >< Speeding up £ Smiling voice (before and after the particular words) Descriptions, e.g. ((laughter)).
North Americans tend to think that a flag is a symbol placed on a background.
The holy oil she was anointed with at her coronation carried far more significance for her than the bejeweled secular symbol place on her head.
Geometrical tolerancing can best be described as a language of symbols placed on technical drawings to adequately define the allowable variation of part geometry.
