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/ˈʃɛvɹən/

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noun

Chevron, galón

A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve

Examples :

"The sergeant wore two chevrons on his sleeve, indicating his rank. "

El sargento llevaba dos galones en la manga, lo que indicaba su rango.

architecture military police sign style wear

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noun

Chevron

A wide inverted V placed on a shield.

Examples :

"The knight's shield featured a bold red chevron on a silver background. "

El escudo del caballero presentaba un audaz chevron rojo sobre un fondo plateado.

heraldry military sign

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noun

Marcas en forma de V

One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.

Examples :

"The driver slowed down and increased the distance to the car in front of him, making sure to leave at least two chevrons visible on the road. "

El conductor redujo la velocidad y aumentó la distancia con el coche de delante, asegurándose de dejar al menos dos marcas en forma de V visibles en la carretera.

mark vehicle traffic

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noun

Comillas angulares, cheurón

A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.

Examples :

"In French, the dialogue is often enclosed in chevrons, like this: « Bonjour, comment allez-vous ? ». "

En francés, el diálogo a menudo se encierra entre comillas angulares, así: « Bonjour, comment allez-vous ? ».

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noun

Corchete angular

An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.

Examples :

"The math problem used a chevron to indicate that we needed to find the value inside the angle brackets < >. "

El problema de matemáticas usó un corchete angular para indicar que necesitábamos encontrar el valor dentro de los corchetes angulares < >.

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noun

Háček

A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.

Examples :

"The Czech teacher explained that the little roof-shaped mark above the "r" in her name, pronounced as a "zh" sound, is called a chevron. "

El profesor checo explicó que la pequeña marca en forma de techo sobre la "r" en su nombre, pronunciada como un sonido "zh", se llama háček.

mark language writing linguistics

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verb

Formar o estar formado en forma de galón

To form or be formed into chevrons

Examples :

"The seamstress carefully chevroned the fabric to create a unique pattern on the quilt. "

La costurera formó cuidadosamente el tejido en forma de galón para crear un patrón único en el edredón.

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