Meaning of Caret | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
2. A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata).
   archaic
3. An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩.
4. An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
5. A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩.
   nonstandard
6. A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩.
   nonstandard

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] the more conventional semivocalic j and the caret (ˇ) respectively.”

“The caret (ˇ), háček, is used over the following consonants: c, d, n, t, r, s, and z to indicate the soft sound. The caret (ˇ) is also used over the vowel e (See Pronunciation II, b, p, v).”

“In contemporary Czech, the “hook” or caret is no longer in use for lower-case t and d when the latter are palatal; instead, an apostrophe is used (t’, d’) This development is clearly connected with the practical difficulty encountered in printing a caret over letter stems that are too thin.”

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