Jun 27, 2015 · I know that ^ is called a caret, but this doesn't seem to apply to the similarly shaped but nonetheless different < and > symbols. The only names I've heard them called is the less-than sign and the greater-than sign, but those names seem rather informal and apply only to their use in math. The symbols are used in other contexts as well, so it ...

Apr 5, 2014 · Called the pound sign, number sign and more recently the hashtag, it actually developed as a scribble for the abbreviation of pound in latin: lb, where lb is an abbreviation of libra, itself a shortened form of the full expression, libra pondo - literally “pound by weight” in Latin (though the Roman pound was only 12 ounces, not 16.)

Aug 15, 2019 · According to ISO 7010, it's called a Prohibition sign (and a General prohibition sign if nothing is shown behind it). Wikipedia lists a few other common names in the article 'No symbol'. The corresponding emoji, 🚫, is called the No Entry Sign, even though it. does not look like the no-entry road sign that one might expect.

Apr 3, 2024 · At sign. The at sign (@), also called the ampersat, apetail, arroba, atmark, acosta, at symbol, commercial at, curlat or monkey tail, ... If you would like to mention the symbol by name, ampersat seems to be the most easily recognized among its many names. UrbanDictionary and GoogleAnswers mention that it is also called the 'amphora'.

Mar 9, 2014 · When my daughter asked me and my husband about a No Smoking sign, we explained that it means no cigarettes are allowed. (We had to explain cigarettes to her too.) Unfortunately, she now thinks that the red circle and diagonal line are called a "cigarette", so she'll talk about the cigarette in the No Parking sign:

I would suggest they come in word pairs, i.e. salutation-valediction and opening-closing. When using one of the terms in a word pair it would be proper form to also use the other (although proper form is often not called for, of course). –

Apr 13, 2017 · M-W (sign): a : to affix a signature to : ratify or attest by hand or seal sign a bill into law, sign a confession b : to assign or convey formally signed over his property to his brother c : to write down (one's name) d : to affix one's name to a signed review

Aug 23, 2014 · In the case of 9 th, the superscript shown is indeed called the 'ordinal indicator' as Matt Gutting has noted in his answer. The addition of -th/ -eth relates to numbers 4 to 20 (and similarly,) and is a suffix to the cardinal number.

Aug 28, 2014 · @Joe, in a mathematics textbook, you would definitely call this the sign, because that is the official and correct mathematical term. Click through the link provided & read the article (or its own citations).

Jun 24, 2012 · "And/or" is just called "or" and is represented as ∨, from the Latin vel meaning or. But note that it's a separate symbol from the letter "v", though similar. In contrast, "or" in the sense of "this one or that one but never both" is called "exclusive or" or "xor" and can be symbolized as ⊻ …