Monogram

Definitions

1. A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.
   obsolete
2. A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.
   obsolete, rare
3. A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.
4. One of the symbols used in either the I Ching divination or the Taixuanjing divination:
5. the unbroken line ⚊ for Heaven;
6. the once-broken line ⚋ for Earth;
7. the twice-broken line 𝌀 for Man (only used in Taixuanjing divination).

Equivalents

Examples

“It dates from 1909-1911, when the then District Railway (its DR monogram is on one of the roundels in the fine plasterwork) rebuilt its Victoria station.”

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