Trait.
ETYM Old Eng. arewe, AS. arewe, earh; akin to Icel. ör, örvar, Goth. arhwazna, and perh. Latin arcus bow. Related to Arc.
1. A mark to indicate a direction or relation; SYN. pointer.
2. A projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow.
(Homonym: carat, carrot, karat).
A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
The small, upward-pointing symbol (^) typically found over the 6 key on the top row of a microcomputer keyboard. In some programming languages, the caret is used as an exponentiation operator. For example, the expression 3 ^ 2 represents the number 3 raised to the second power. The caret is also used to represent the Control key on the keyboard. For example, ^Z means “hold the Control key down and press the Z key.”.
mark (^) used to note an omission.
mark indicating omission.
1. A slender tapering blade or stalk (as of grass)
2. The upper tapering part of something (as a tree or antler); pinnacle
3. A tapering roof or analogous pyramidal construction surmounting a tower; steeple
4. The elongated, tapering tower atop a church or cathedral.
5. The inner or upper part of a spiral gastropod shell consisting of all the whorls except the whorl in contact with the body