Representamen

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  • n. this sense?) A representation, a thing serving to represent something (as to an interpreting mind). It is a representation in the sense of something which represents, as opposed to its operation or relation of representing, and also as opposed to a process or activity of representing, which produces it. (The produced representamen can itself seem or be a process or activity, for example a song or a theatrical performance, or a rock's tumbling in an informative way, or a logical argument).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In metaphysics, representation; an object serving to represent something to the mind.
  • Word Usage
    "The sign itself (also called the representamen) is the term in the sign relation that is ordinarily said to represent or mean something."