symbolic representation(n = noun.cognition) symbol, symbolisation, symbolization - something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
is a kind of representational process
has particulars: crossbones, cornucopia, horn of plenty, death's head, oriflamme, white feather, allegory, emblem

concrete representation, fixed-point representation system, floating-point representation system, internal representation, legal representation, mental representation, number representation system, pictorial representation, positional representation system, proportional representation, representation, symbolic, symbolic logic, symbolic logician