caret

6 definitions found

caret - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  hawkbill \hawk"bill`\, hawksbill \hawks"bill`\(-b[i^]l`), n.
     (Zool.)
     A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the
     best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.
  
     Syn: hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle,
          Eretmochelys imbricata.
          [1913 Webster]

  Caret \Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zool.)
     The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.
     [1913 Webster]

  Caret \Ca"ret\ (k[=a]"r[e^]t or k[a^]r"[e^]t), 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.
     [1913 Webster]

caret - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caret
      n 1: a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where
           something is to be inserted into a text

caret - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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).
  

caret - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Caret, VA
    Zip code(s): 22436