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sign language
noun(sign language)
any of various formal languages employing a system of hand gestures and their placement relative to the upper body, facial expressions, body postures, and finger spelling especially for communication by and with deaf people
sign language
noun(sign language)
an unsystematic method of communicating chiefly by manual gestures (as by people speaking different languages)
sign language
noun(sign language)
a sign language that is used especially for communication by and with deaf people and is the formal sign language of the United States and English-speaking Canada and also serves as the basis for various sign languages in other countries (such as Thailand, Nigeria, and Bolivia) —abbreviation ASL—called also Ameslan

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