WordNet
n. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States" [syn: symbol, symbolization, symbolisation]
Wikipedia
Symbolic representation may refer to:
- Symbol, an object that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea, belief, action, or material entity
- Symbolism (disambiguation), various meanings in art, religion, and science
- Symbolic linguistic representation, a representation of an utterance that uses symbols to represent linguistic information
Usage examples of "symbolic representation".
He had explained the theory of symbolic representation very carefully, showing Manatassi that the moon was not Astarte but her symbol, her coin, her sign and promise.
Similarly they point out that a symbolic representation of a cut throat should surely be a single slash, not one or more encircling bands.
As I've mentioned elsewhere, they were a symbolic representation oft he twelve Aeons he had come to liberate.
Pitting one's home against another's, using true territory and not a symbolic representation was thought to be a delicate art, and not one to be toyed with lightly.
Professor Galen, he recalled, had theorized that the Sky Divers were no more than a symbolic representation of cultural growth and entropy.
The Wagon Peoples themselves are not likely to confuse their own slaves, as the different peoples have different brands, the Tuchuks the brand of the four bosk horns, the Kassars the brand of the three-weighted bola, the Kataii the brand of a bow, facing left, and the Paravaci the brand of the inverted isosceles triangle surmounted by a semicircle, a symbolic representation of the head of a bosk.
Jeb Stuart Ho knew he was witnessing a symbolic representation of the computer falling apart.
It is the symbolic representation of the way of the primary edict.