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  2. Hidden meanings of 10 professional symbols

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    Most of us would recognize the red, white & blue striped spinning barber shop pole, but do you know what those three colors represent? And do you know why many pawn shops display three golden ...

  3. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks

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    The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;

  4. List of symbols - Wikipedia

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    Hazard symbols; List of mathematical constants (typically letters and compound symbols) Glossary of mathematical symbols; List of physical constants (typically letters and compound symbols) List of common physics notations (typically letters used as variable names in equations) Rod of Asclepius / Caduceus as a symbol of medicine

  5. Totem pole - Wikipedia

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    Totem poles and houses at ʼKsan, near Hazelton, British Columbia.. Totem poles serve as important illustrations of family lineage and the cultural heritage of the Indigenous peoples in the islands and coastal areas of North America's Pacific Northwest, especially British Columbia, Canada, and coastal areas of Washington and southeastern Alaska in the United States.

  6. Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols - Wikipedia

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    It is numbered with a stylized flag symbol surrounding the number (or sometimes a delta symbol). A general note applies generally and is not called out with flags. 2. Find number: "FN" meaning "find number" refers to the ordinal number that gives an ID tag to one of the constituents in a parts list (list of materials, bill of materials).

  7. Pole position (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Pole position is a racing term identifying a starting position at the front of the grid. Pole Position may also refer to: Pole Position, a 1982 motor-racing video game; Pole Position II, the 1983 sequel to the 1982 video game; Pole Position, a board game published in 1989 by Piatnik; Pole Position, a 1984 animated cartoon series

  8. List of established military terms - Wikipedia

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    Bunker: a heavily fortified, mainly underground, facility used as a defensive position; also commonly used as command centres for high-level officers. Caponier: a defensive firing position either projecting into, or traversing the ditch of a fort. Carnot wall: a wall pierced with loopholes, sited above the scarp of a ditch but below the rampart.

  9. Buzzword of the Week: Tent Pole

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    Perhaps the best example is "tent pole," a term that refers to a company's most promising or prominent product. Generally, a tent pole generates most of an organization's income, making it ...