Usually means: Abbreviated representation of an element.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (chemical symbol)

noun:  The 1- to 3-letter international code for a chemical element. It is the same in all languages. Thus, gold always has the chemical symbol "Au", regardless what people call it in their language.
noun:  (by extension) a similar symbol used to denote a different chemical entity, such as an isotope (e.g. D = deuterium, though IUPAC prefers "²H"), a radical (e.g. Ph [or Φ] = phenyl), an unknown (e.g. M = a metal, or X = a halogen), etc.

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