It came to my attention that the term "caret" refers specifically to the inversely-oriented variant of this symbol, i.e., upward pointing.
Oddly enough, searching caret didn't readily reveal any information in regards to it's inverted form; the closest thing I came across was the vel, but this appears to be unrelated.
Does anyone know what the correct vernacular name is for this symbol?
'Chevron' is a common generic term. I often see it used both for horizontal and vertical symbols (e.g. angle brackets sometimes fall under that term as well).
Examples:
Regardless of direction, "caret" also specifically refers to a character positioned like an accent (at around the top of the line). If it is center-aligned (in-line), it's not really a caret.
(Thanks to @MikeB for the comment)
It's most likely to be "down arrowhead": https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2304
⌄
2304
DOWN ARROWHEAD
Other Symbol
id: allowed
confuse: none
Previously I thought that it looks like it's known as "modifier letter down arrowhead" in unicode.
From https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=02C5
˅
02C5
MODIFIER LETTER DOWN ARROWHEAD
Modifier Symbol
id: allowed
confuse: none
(I don't know why they both have "confuse: none" - because I'm quite confused)
In linguistics it would be a Caron: ˇ which is mostly used as a diacritic on other letters, but standalone it's Unicode U+02C7.
