CHEVRON

Chevron

A chevron is a V-shaped pattern. The word is usually used in reference to a kind of fret in architecture, or to a badge or insignia used in military or police uniforms to indicate rank or length of service, or in heraldry and the designs of flags . The symbol is also used on highway signs to guide drivers around curves.

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chevron

Noun

  1. A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve
  2. A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
  3. One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
  4. 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 “””.
  5. A , a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.

Verb

  1. To form or be formed into chevrons


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