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caret

a writer’s and a proofreader’s mark: A caret is a symbol that is used to indicate where material is to be inserted in a document.

Not to be confused with:

carat – the weight of precious stones, especially diamonds: The stone in her engagement ring was over two carats.

karat – proportion of pure gold used with an alloy: Her earrings were made of 24 karat gold.

car·et

(kăr′ĭt)

A proofreading symbol (^) used to indicate where something is to be inserted in a line of printed or written matter.

[Latin, there is lacking, third person sing. present tense of carēre, to lack; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]

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caret

(ˈkærɪt)

(Journalism & Publishing) a symbol (⁁) used to indicate the place in written or printed matter at which something is to be inserted

[C17: from Latin, literally: there is missing, from carēre to lack]

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car•et

(ˈkær ɪt)

n.

a mark (^) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.

[1700–10; < Latin caret (there) is lacking or wanting]

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caret - a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text

mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"

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caret

[ˈkærət] N → signo m de intercalación

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caret

n (Typ) → Einschaltungszeichen nt; (on ruler) → Caret-Zeichen nt

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Women's role as carets for children is simultaneously valued and devalued, as caring is seen as key to the development of children's human capital, but is also regarded as a disruption to women's own ability to engage in the paid workforce (Simon-Kumar 2011).

Income support for Australian carers since 1983: social justice, social investment and the cloak of gender neutrality

(40) Such "free" page breaks occur in HM 136 in places where the seeming carets in HM 136 shift the proposed page break from the pair of virgules at the start of a manuscript line to some other point in the line and in four more places where the seeming carets shift the proposed page break to a point late in the preceding line just before the pair of virgules.

Caxton's exemplar for the chronicles of England?

Finally, an exploratory experiment was undertaken in which the caret slide was easier for the subjects to see (16 white carets on a black background).

Explorations with the Perceptual ESP Test

Compared to women in general (or non-carers), women primary carets are found to have a lower level of educational qualifications, poorer health status, reduced workforce participation, and reduced earnings (Cummins et al.

A comparison of the lifetime economic prospects of women informal carers and non-carers, Australia, 2007

She is also the Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) nurse specialist for the South Island, overseeing carets giving dairy wound care dressing for two children with EB in Christchurch.

Paediatric nurse wins Flora Cameron Award

The targets were changed from letters to typewriter carets, or Vs, pointing up, down, left, or right.

Effect of a threatening subliminal stimulus on the perceptual ESP test: a partial replication

Recruiting new foster carets is both time-consuming and expensive, while retention of qualified foster carets reduces the reliance on recruitment; increases the chances of young people being placed with skilled, experienced caters; and, ultimately, increases the chances of placement stability and permanence (Brown & Calder, 2000; Rhodes, Orme & Buehler, 2001).

A four factor model predicting likelihood of foster carer retention Anne Eaton and Marie Caltabiano

The focus of the photographic essay could have been about how carets work to maintain and support the dignity of older people.

Photos detract from intended message

Rest-homes cannot be trusted: residents' dignity can even be sacrificed to suit the flimsy agenda of their carets!

Residents' personal dignity damaged

Central to the research is the development and piloting of a survey questionnaire that was sent to a random sample of 1000 carets. It is also important to note that this survey included a representative sample of non-English speaking carers.