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Appearance
See also: ˆ [U+02C6 MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ◌̂ [U+0302 COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ^@, and Appendix:Variations of "^"
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Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]^ (English symbol name caret)
- Used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is missing.
- Separates the base and exponent in a power expression.
- n^2 = n² = n × n
- 2^n = 2ⁿ
- (programming) Bitwise exclusive disjunction.
- (computing, as part of a keyboard shortcut) Control key.
- Press ^F to search for text in your document.
- (computing) Indicates an ASCII control character in caret notation.
- ^W = end of control block
- (regular expressions) Matches the start position within the string. Compare $, which matches the end position within the string.
- ^example$
- (regular expressions) Used with square brackets: [ ]. Matches a single character other than the characters and ranges specified between the square brackets.
[^abc]matches any character other than "a", "b", or "c".[^a-z]matches any single character that is not a lowercase letter from "a" to "z"
- (Internet slang) Used to point to a message (or other content) situated above in a forum, chat, etc. quotations ▼
Usage notes
[edit]- U+FF3E is a fullwidth character for use in East Asian typography.
Further reading
[edit]Circumflex accent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The symbol resembles an arrowhead pointing upward.
Preposition
[edit]^
- (text messaging) up (in any sense)
- its ^ in d attic luv — It's up in the attic love.
- (text messaging) Replacing the letter sequence 'up' within a word.
Amis
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]^ (no case)
Usage notes
[edit]This letter may sometimes be omitted when it occurs at the beginning or at the end of the word.
See also
[edit]- (Latin-script letters) A a, C c, D d, E e, F f, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ng ng, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, ʼ, ^
Chiwere
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]^
- A letter of the Chiwere alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
[edit]This letter is used for as an alternative to ⟨ˀ⟩ for typographic convenience.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The symbol resembles an uppercase A and is readily available on typewriters and usual keyboard layouts, whereas ª is not.
Suffix
[edit]^ (f)
- Used as female ordinal indicator
synonym ▲quotations ▼
- Synonym: ª
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