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The asterisk (/ ˈ æ s t ər ɪ s k / *), from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος, asteriskos, "little star", [1] [2] is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star.
In (especially English) scientific and technical literature, @ is used to describe the conditions under which data are valid or a measurement has been made. E.g. the density of saltwater may read d = 1.050 g/cm 3 @ 15 °C (read "at" for @), density of a gas d = 0.150 g/L @ 20 °C, 1 bar, or noise of a car 81 dB @ 80 km/h (speed).
The dollar sign, also known as the peso sign, is a currency symbol consisting of a capital S crossed with one or two vertical strokes ($ or depending on typeface), used to indicate the unit of various currencies around the world, including most currencies denominated "dollar" or "peso".
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 13:27, 13 May 2018: 900 × 300 (146 KB): Cousteau: Added € to AltGr-E as is most common on Spanish keyboards, but kept the one on AltGr-5 which also works on Windows to avoid discrepancy in articles (e.g. w:en:QWERTY#Spanish), although this placement is uncommon and could be deleted.
Capital letters ampersand on a coin of 1 Makuta of 1814, Portuguese Angola. The ampersand can be traced back to the 1st century AD and the old Roman cursive, in which the letters E and T occasionally were written together to form a ligature (Evolution of the ampersand – figure 1). In the later and more flowing New Roman Cursive, ligatures of ...
The Colegio Americano de Torreón, is a private, nonprofit, international school in the American tradition based in Torreón. It offers coeducational college preparation for national and international students aged 3 to 18. [1] Founded in 1950 with 38 students and 4 teachers, [2] as of 2023 over 1200 students attend the school. English is the ...