A person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a document or concluding a letter.
He added his signature at the bottom of the contract.
A distinctive pattern, product, or characteristic by which someone or something can be identified.
The chef's signature dish is a spicy seafood paella.
Music: a sign or set of signs placed at the beginning of a staff indicating the key or the meter of a piece of music.
The 4/4 time signature tells the drummer to count four beats in each measure.
Computing & cryptography: a block of digital data attached to an electronic document that verifies the sender’s identity and the document’s integrity.
The contract was secured with a digital signature to prevent tampering.
Printing: a section of a book made up of a single sheet of paper printed on both sides, folded, and bound together with other such sections to form the pages of a book.
The binder accidentally reversed one signature, so the middle of the book was printed upside down.
signatureadjective
Distinctive and characteristic of a particular person, group, or thing; serving to identify.