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What is this symbol called?

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the sideways "v" I always called it.
What the hell is it called?

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Marconius offline Verified User (3 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
San Francisco, CA, US | 2 years, 3 months ago (2 minutes after post)

Less-than sign.

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see_sara_sto offline Verified User (2 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Cockeysville, MD, US | 2 years, 3 months ago (3 minutes after post)

sfjkfjda !!! I know that. There isn’t a another word for it??
Weird. I feel dumb… I just thaught it meant something other than less-than.
THANKS!

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US Navy? offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Chesapeake, VA, US | 2 years, 3 months ago (12 hours, 44 minutes after post)

Microsoft Windows Character Map defines < is less than sign, > is greater than sign.

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abrack2 offline Unverified User #
US | 2 years, 1 month ago (1 month, 3 weeks after post)

Well what is the ^ called? I thought it was a carat but I’m not so sure anymore.

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US Navy? offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Chesapeake, VA, US | 2 years, 1 month ago (1 month, 3 weeks after post)

carrot. ^

A carat refers to gemstones! $O)

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starszy_madse offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years ago (3 months after post)

We call it a chevron

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nin offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 12 months ago (1 year, 3 months after post)

it’s called “angle bracket”

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zenofdesig offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (1 year, 4 months after post)

{ what is this symbol called?

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daizjahr1 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (1 year, 4 months after post)

its this symbol that i got in math class that i dont know what it is and i cant find it on google so just send me all the math symbols for circumfrence

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67se offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (1 year, 4 months after post)

672

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miketharri offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 3 weeks ago (1 year, 4 months after post)

> is less than > is greater than and ^ is a caret, not carat!

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miketharri offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 3 weeks ago (1 year, 4 months after post)

Eek, a typo! is less than.

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dumbsofres offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (1 year, 4 months after post)

wow
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wow12 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 2 weeks ago (1 year, 4 months after post)

what is this symbol called §

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jellybrai offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 8 months, 4 weeks ago (1 year, 6 months after post)

Angle brackets

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anderou offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 8 months ago (1 year, 7 months after post)

{} are referred to as braces.

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nielelouc offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 8 months ago (1 year, 7 months after post)

#$(@! what is this symbol called?

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nielelouc offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 8 months ago (1 year, 7 months after post)

#$(@! what is this symbol called

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eeveekitte offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 6 months, 1 week ago (1 year, 8 months after post)

What’s this called: & I thought it was like amberfram but I don’t know where I got that!

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darren-goug offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 6 months, 1 week ago (1 year, 9 months after post)

ampersand, which means “and,” is how we print the Latin abbreviation of the word et. Not surprisingly, “et” means “and.”

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creedy offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 5 months, 4 weeks ago (1 year, 9 months after post)

# What is his symbol called c sharp?

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creedy offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 5 months, 4 weeks ago (1 year, 9 months after post)

What is this symbol called C sharp? or hash sharp?

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angel_kiss_TM offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (1 year, 9 months after post)

hey in bored!!!!!!!!!

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sspaypa offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 3 weeks ago (1 year, 10 months after post)

They are also called chevrons

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jfleuren200 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (1 year, 11 months after post)

what is this symbol used for and called #

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spyroboy offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (2 years, 1 month after post)

That symbol is used for either saying number one like, #1, or to block out swear words and is called a ####ing hash! See i used it there to block out the **** part of *******!

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wezeralu offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 month ago (2 years, 2 months after post)

the (pound, number) sign (#) is called an octothorpe.

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