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[[Image:Lacan-saussureanalgorithm.jpg|thumb|[[Saussurean algorithm|The Saussurean algorithm]]]]

It is impossible to establish a stable one-to-one link between [[signifier]]s and [[signified]]s, and [[Lacan]] symbolizes this by inscribing a [[bar]] between them in the [[Saussurean algorithm]].

The [[signified]] slips and slides under the [[bar]] of the [[Saussurean algorithm]] in a continuous movement, a movement which is only temporarily detained by the ''[[points de capiton]]''.<ref>{{E}} p.154</ref>

When there are not enough ''[[points de capiton]]'', as is in the case in [[psychosis]], the slippery movement of [[signification]] is endless, and stable [[meaning]]s dissolve altogether.