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U+2193, ↓
DOWNWARDS ARROW

[U+2192]
Arrows
[U+2194]

Translingual

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Description

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An arrow pointing down.

Symbol

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  1. Down, below.
    Antonym:
  2. Southward.
  3. Indicating a decrease or reduction.
    Antonym:
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  4. (phonetics)
    (a) Ingressive airstream mechanism when used with a letter for a (pulmonic) egressive sound, e.g. [s↓], [a↓], or percussive, e.g. [ʬ↓] for lips smacking apart, or (rarely) implosives such as [pʼ↓] for [ɓ̥].
    (b) Inhalation when used alone: [↓].
    Antonym:
  5. (chemistry) precipitate, precipitation
  6. (go) an evaluation of a game position, down, defined as − = {*|0}.[1][2]
    Antonym:
  7. (computing) The down-arrow key on a computer keyboard, used for navigation and various keyboard commands.

Usage notes

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(go): The evaluations ⟨↓ are equivalent to with the positions of black and white reversed.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Elwyn Berlekamp & David Wolfe (1994) Mathematical Go: Chilling Gets the Last Point, A. K. Peters Ltd, p. 18ff
  2. ^ Dierk Schleicher & Michael Stoll (2005) An Introduction to Conway’s Games and Numbers, arXiv:math/0410026v2 (PDF), pp. 3, 7, 8, 25

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese .

Symbol

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  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Japan, slang) Used to denote an unusually low intonation.

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Japanese

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Symbol

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  1. (slang) Used to denote an unusually low intonation.

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