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{{Short description|Standardised system of marks, symbols, etc. used in an engineering discipline}}

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In [[engineering]], a '''symbolic language''' is a language that uses standard [[symbols]], [[mark (designation)|mark]]s, and [[abbreviations]] to represent [[concepts]] such as entities, aspects, [[Variable and attribute (research)|attributes]], and relationships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://instrumentationandcontrol.net/pid-diagram-basics/|title=P&ID Diagram Basics - Part 1 - Purpose, Owner and Contents|website=instrumentationandcontrol.net|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>{{original research inline|date=June 2019}}

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Examples in [[chemical engineering]] include the symbolic languages developed for [[process flow diagram]]s and for [[Piping and instrumentation diagram| piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.conceptdraw.com/examples/engineer-drawing-symbols|title=Chemical and Process Engineering, Engineer Drawing Symbols, Design elements, Dimensioning and Tolerancing|website=[[ConceptDraw DIAGRAM|ConceptDraw]]|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref>

inIn [[electrical engineering]], examples include the symbolic languages developed for [[Computer network diagram|network diagrams]] used in computing.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Waldring|first=Ségio|date=2009-05-01|title=Standard Network Diagramming Language and Corresponding Meta-Model|url=https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/666|journal=Georgia Southern University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789028627819|title=Design Methodologies for VLSI Circuits|date=1982|publisher=Springer Netherlands|isbn=9789028627819|editor-last=Jespers|editor-first=P.|series=Nato Science Series E|language=en|editor-last2=Sequin|editor-first2=C. H.|editor-last3=Wiele|editor-first3=F. van de}}</ref>

[[Ladder logic]] was originally a written symbolic language for the design and construction of [[programmable logic control|programmable logic control (PLC)]] operations in [[mechanical engineering|mechanical]] and [[control engineering]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDkXF_9aJjoC|title=Handbook of Farm, Dairy and Food Machinery Engineering|last=Kutz|first=Myer|date=2013-06-10|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=9780123858825|language=en}}</ref>

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