An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

1) Of, pertaining to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other signs and symbols.
2) Of or pertaining to → semantics.

From Fr. sémantique, from Gk. semantikos "significant," from semainein "to show, signify, indicate by a sign," from sema "sign."

Cemârik, from cemâr, → meaning, + -ik, → -ic.

The study of the → meaning of signs or symbols, as opposed to their formal relations (→ syntactics).

→ semantic; → -ics.