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See also: ˆ [U+02C6 MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ◌̂ [U+0302 COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ^@, and Appendix:Variations of "^"
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Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
^
- The caret, used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is missing
- Separates the base and exponent in a power expression
- n^2 = n² = n × n
- 2^n = 2ⁿ
- (programming) bitwise exclusive disjunction
- (computing, as part of a keyboard shortcut) control key
- Press ^F to find text in your document.
- (computing) Indicates an ASCII control character in caret notation.
- ^W = end of control block
- (regular expressions) Matches the start position within the string. Compare $, which matches the end position within the string.
- ^example$
- (regular expressions) Used with square brackets: [ ]. Matches a single character other than the characters and ranges specified between the square brackets.
[^abc]matches any character other than "a", "b", or "c".[^a-z]matches any single character that is not a lowercase letter from "a" to "z"
- (Internet slang) Points to a message above in a forum, chat, etc.
Usage notes[edit]
U+FF3E is a fullwidth character for use in East Asian typography.
Further reading[edit]
Circumflex accent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The symbol resembles an arrowhead pointing upward.
Preposition[edit]
^
- (text messaging) up (in any sense)
- its ^ in d attic luv — It's up in the attic love.
- (text messaging) Replacing the letter sequence 'up' within a word.