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{{Short description|Standardised system of marks, symbols, etc. used in an engineering discipline}}
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>
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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}}
Engineering symbolic language may be used for the [[Specification (technical standard)|specification]], [[Engineering design process|design]], [[implementation]], [[management]], operation, and execution of engineered [[systems]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/lmi-nasa/|title=Advanced Engineering Language, Symbols, and Visualizations for Complex and Increasingly Autonomous SystemsCenter for Social Complexity|last=Provost|first=Office of the|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>
 
Engineering symbolic language may be used for the [[Specification (technical standard)|specification]], [[Engineering design process|design]], [[implementation]], [[management]], operation, and execution of engineered [[systems]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu/lmi-nasa/|title=Advanced Engineering Language, Symbols, and Visualizations for Complex and Increasingly Autonomous SystemsCenter for Social Complexity|last=Provost|first=Office of the|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>{{original research inline|date=June 2019}}
[[Communication]] using [[precision|precise]], [[concision|concise]] representations of concepts is critical in engineering.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=DIXON|first=JOHN R.|date=1962|title=SYMBOLS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42573965|journal=ETC: A Review of General Semantics|volume=19|issue=3|pages=269–272|issn=0014-164X}}</ref> The Nuclear Principles in Engineering book begins with a quote on symbolic language from Erich Fromm and its power to express and depict associations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1185032W/The_forgotten_language|title=The forgotten language {{!}} Open Library|last=OpenLibrary.org|website=Open Library|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VmXZF1lKIBgC|title=Nuclear Principles in Engineering|last=Jevremovic|first=Tatjana|date=2008-12-15|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9780387856070|language=en}}</ref> The engineering employs symbolic language in a way that is not purely text-based and not purely image-based to [[representation|represent]] and communicate knowledge.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-9yu7ubSykC|title=Model Driven Engineering and Ontology Development|last=Gaševic|first=Dragan|last2=Djuric|first2=Dragan|last3=Devedžic|first3=Vladan|date=2009-06-12|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9783642002823|language=en}}</ref> Examples of the application of symbolic language in [[chemical engineering]] includes [[Process flow diagram|process flow diagrams]] and [[Computer network diagram|network diagrams]] for computing in [[electrical engineering]].<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><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>
 
[[Communication]] using [[precisionwikt:precise|precise]], [[concision|concise]] representations of concepts is critical in engineering.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=DIXON|first=JOHN R.|date=1962|title=SYMBOLSSymbols INin ENGINEERINGEngineering EDUCATIONEducation|urldate=https://www.jstor.org/stable/425739651962|journal=ETC: A Review of General Semantics|volume=19|issue=3|pages=269–272|issn=0014-164X|jstor=42573965}}</ref> The Nuclear Principles in Engineering book begins with a quote on symbolic language from Erich Fromm and its power to express and depict associations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1185032W/The_forgotten_language|title=The forgotten language {{!}} Open Library|last=OpenLibrary.org|website=Open Library|language=en|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VmXZF1lKIBgC|title=Nuclear Principles in Engineering|last=Jevremovic|first=Tatjana|date=2008-12-15|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9780387856070|language=en}}</ref> The engineering employs symbolic language in a way that is not purely text-based and not purely image-based to [[representation|represent]] and communicate knowledge.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-9yu7ubSykC|title=Model Driven Engineering and Ontology Development|lastlast1=Gaševic|firstfirst1=Dragan|last2=Djuric|first2=Dragan|last3=Devedžic|first3=Vladan|date=2009-06-12|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9783642002823|language=en}}</ref> Examples of the application of symbolic language in [[chemical engineering]] includes [[Process flow diagram|process flow diagrams]] and [[Computer network diagram|network diagrams]] for computing in [[electrical engineering]].<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><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>
 
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>
 
In [[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>
 
==See also==
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*[[Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols]]
*[[Notation|Notation (general)]]
*[[Piping and instrumentation diagram]]
*[[Process flow diagram]]
*[[Symbolic language (disambiguation)|Symbolic language (other)]]
 
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