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caret

Pronunciation:  'karit

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
 
 See Also: mark

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ca"ret\, n. [L. caret there is wanting, fr. carere to
    want.]
    A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that
    something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin,
    which belongs in the place marked by the caret.
    
    
  2. \Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zo["o]l.)
    The hawkbill turtle. See {Hawkbill}.
    
    
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

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Common: hat; control; uparrow; caret; itu-t: circumflex. Rare: chevron; intercal: shark (or shark-fin); to the ("to the power of"); fang; pointer (in Pascal).

 

 

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