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The ampersand can be used to indicate that the "and" in a listed item is a part of the item's name and not a separator (e.g. "Rock, pop, rhythm & blues and hip hop"). [citation needed] The ampersand may still be used as an abbreviation for "and" in informal writing regardless of how "and" is used.
The + sign is a simplification of the Latin: et (comparable to the evolution of the ampersand &). [7] The − may be derived from a macron ̄ written over m when used to indicate subtraction; or it may come from a shorthand version of the letter m itself. [8] From Johannes Widmann's book on "handy and pretty arithmetic for all merchants" [9] [10]
The magazine began as Ampersand in 1977, founded by Jeffrey Alan Dickey and Durand Weston "Randy" Achee, published through their privately held company Alan Weston Communications based in Burbank, California. (The company name came from the men's middle names.) Ampersand was distributed as a free supplemental insert to college papers.
Here thus in the history of equations the first letters of the alphabet became indicatively known as coefficients, while the last letters as unknown terms (an incerti ordinis). In algebraic geometry, again, a similar rule was to be observed: the last letters of the alphabet came to denote the variable or current coordinates.
Ampersand: Where laid back California vibes with New York chic Ideas that have fueled the Ampersand revolution were inspired by the partners’ travel coast to coast — from beachy California to ...
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Ampersand received more than 48,000 votes over three rounds in our unscientific poll, which aims to highlight and celebrate local businesses. We started with 16 reader-nominated coffee shops and ...
The shop will serve northeast Fresno and Clovis