(mathematics, somewhat derogatory) Using symbol pushing; solving mathematical problems by manipulating symbols (as in algebra) rather than through visual or intuitive understanding.

A unique series of letters assigned to a company or other security for trading purposes.

(computing theory) A symbol in a formal grammar that cannot appear in sentences of the grammar but may eventually be resolved into a sequence of terminal symbols.

plural of non-terminal symbol

plural of stock ticker symbol

An approach to understanding human cognition that is committed to language like symbolic processing as the best method of explanation.

plural of symbolicism

The quality of being symbolical.