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chevrons

/ˈʃevrənz/ /ˈʃevrɒnz/

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noun

Galones, cheurones

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

Examples :

"The sergeant's uniform displayed three chevrons on his sleeve, indicating his rank. "

El uniforme del sargento mostraba tres galones en su manga, lo que indicaba su rango.

architecture military police sign style heraldry

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noun

Chevron

A wide inverted V placed on a shield.

Examples :

"The knight's shield featured two bold, red chevrons against a silver background. "

El escudo del caballero presentaba dos audaces chevrones rojos sobre un fondo plateado.

heraldry sign military style war

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noun

Marcas en forma de V, chevrones

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

Examples :

"The highway department painted new chevrons on the road to help drivers keep a safe distance from each other. "

El departamento de carreteras pintó nuevos chevrones en la carretera para ayudar a los conductores a mantener una distancia segura entre sí.

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noun

Comillas francesas, comillas angulares «»

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 class, we learned to use chevrons « » instead of quotation marks when writing dialogue. "

En la clase de francés, aprendimos a usar comillas francesas « » en lugar de comillas al escribir diálogos.

grammar language writing mark sign linguistics

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noun

Comillas angulares, cheurones

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

Examples :

"The computer code used chevrons to indicate HTML tags: <p> for paragraph and

for heading. "

El código de la computadora usaba cheurones para indicar etiquetas HTML: <p> para párrafo y

para encabezado.

sign technical math writing communication

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noun

Un háček, un signo diacrítico

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

Examples :

"The teacher explained that the symbols looking like small, upside-down "v" shapes above some letters in Czech words are called chevrons. "

El profesor explicó que los símbolos que parecen pequeñas "v" invertidas sobre algunas letras en palabras checas se llaman háčeks.

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verb

Formar o estar formado en galones

To form or be formed into chevrons

Examples :

"The geese chevroned across the autumn sky, heading south for the winter. "

Los gansos se formaron en galones a través del cielo otoñal, dirigiéndose al sur para el invierno.

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