caret
IPA: kɝˈɛt
noun
- A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
- An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩.
- (graphical user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (nonstandard) A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩.
- (nonstandard) A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩.
- (archaic) A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata).
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Examples of "caret" in Sentences
- I am all in favor of the caret
- The Caret navigation article does not tell you.
- The caret has many uses in programming languages.
- Pascal uses the caret when dereferencing pointers.
- The first ref breaks the line right after the caret.
- As an official punctuation tool, the caret is fairly modern.
- There is already similar situation with circumflex and caret.
- A caret is sometimes called a hat, up arrow, or control character.
- Both an arrow and a caret do a perfectly fine job of pointing upwards.
- The main thing is to wind up with a footnote. left caret ref right caret, etc.