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An ACT UP member displaying the organization's trademark protest sign with an inverted, upward-pointing pink triangle. In the 1970s, newly active Australian, European and North American queer liberation advocates began to use the pink triangle to raise awareness of its use in Nazi Germany. [17]
The pink triangle was later reclaimed by gay men, as well as some lesbians, in various political movements as a symbol of personal pride and remembrance. [70] [71] AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power adopted the downward-pointing pink triangle to symbolize the "active fight back" against HIV/AIDS "rather than a passive resignation to fate." [72]
"Center of gravity": crosshairs pointing to the center of a dashed circle "Do not roll": a box with a curved arrow above, and a cross-out line coming up from the box at an angle "Do not use hand hooks"
An arrow is a graphical symbol, such as ← or →, or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle , chevron , or concave kite , usually affixed to a line segment or rectangle , [ 1 ] and in more complex forms a representation of an actual arrow (e.g. U+27B5).
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...
Outstretched hand (with palm up) is a near-universal gesture for begging or requesting, extending beyond human cultures and into other primate species. [23] This gesture can also be done with both hands to form a bowl. See also Origin of language. The "index finger pointing up" sign. Pointing with index finger may be used to indicate an item or ...
In New Zealand, where traffic is on the left, when a road is given a green light from an all-direction stop, a red arrow can continue to display to turning traffic, holding traffic back while a pedestrian crossing on the side road is given a green signal (for left turns) or while oncoming traffic goes straight ahead and there is no permissive right turn allowed (for right turns).
↑, a notation of Knuth's up-arrow notation for very large integers; ↑, a mathematical game theory position Up; ↑ or Sheffer stroke, the logical connective "not both" or NAND; ↑, the APL function 'take' "Increased" (and similar meanings), in medical notation; ↑, a chemical symbol for production of gas, which bubbles up.