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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caret \Ca"ret\, n. [L. caret there is wanting, fr carere to want.] A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caret \Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zo["o]l.) The hawkbill turtle. See {Hawkbill}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hawkbill \Hawk"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A sea turtle ({Eretmochelys imbricata}), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also {caret}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caret n : a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Caret, VA Zip code(s): 22436 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: caret ^ Common: hat; control; uparrow; caret; {ITU-T}: circumflex. Rare: chevron; {INTERCAL}: shark (or shark-fin); to the ("to the power of"); fang; pointer (in Pascal).
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