โ†‘

See also: ๐Š

โ†‘ U+2191, ↑
UPWARDS ARROW
โ† โ†
[U+2190]
Arrows โ†’ โ†’
[U+2192]

Translingual

Description

An arrow pointing up.

Symbol

โ†‘

  1. Up, above.
    Antonym: โ†“
  2. Northward.
  3. Indicating an increase or elevation.
    Antonym: โ†“
  4. (phonetics)
    (a) (rare) egressive airstream mechanism when used with a letter for an ingressive sound, e.g. [ส˜โ†‘]
    (b) exhalation when used alone, [โ†‘].
    Antonym: โ†“
  5. (number theory, computer science) exponentiation
    Synonym: ^, **
  6. (number theory) Knuth arrow
  7. (go) an evaluation of a game position, up, in combinatorial-game-theory notation: {0|*}.[1][2]
    Antonym: โ†“
  8. (computing) The up-arrow key on a computer keyboard, used for navigation and various keyboard commands.

Usage notes

  • (go): Arrows are iconically iterated: โ‡‘ โ‰ก โ†‘ + โ†‘; โคŠ โ‰ก โ†‘ + โ†‘ + โ†‘; โŸฐ โ‰ก โ†‘ + โ†‘ + โ†‘ + โ†‘. The evaluations โŸจโ†‘ โ‡‘ โคŠ โŸฐโŸฉ are equivalent to โŸจโ†“ โ‡“ โค‹ โŸฑโŸฉ with the positions of black and white reversed.[1]

References

  1. โ†‘ 1.0 1.1 Elwyn Berlekamp & David Wolfe (1994) Mathematical Go: Chilling Gets the Last Point, A. K. Peters Ltd, p. 18ff
  2. ^ Fraenkel, Aviezri S. (1978). "Review: On numbers and games, by J. H. Conway; and Surreal numbers, by D. E. Knuth" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (6): 1328โ€“1336. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1978-14564-9, p. 1330.

Further reading

Japanese

Symbol

โ†‘

  1. (slang) Used to denote an unusually high intonation.
  2. (informal) "Or more"; used after a number to indicate that someone is that age or older.
    20โ†‘
    20+

Derived terms

  • 20โ†‘
  • 18โ†‘

Antonyms