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The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;
The hyphen ‐ is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. [1]The hyphen is sometimes confused with dashes (en dash –, em dash — and others), which are wider, or with the minus sign −, which is also wider and usually drawn a little higher to match the crossbar in the plus sign +.
High stakes are not a characteristic of the test itself, but rather of the consequences placed on the outcome. For example, no matter what type of test is used—written essays, computer-based multiple choice, oral examination, performance test, or anything else—a medical licensing test must be passed to practice medicine.
"Trey" dates back to the 14th century, and is a name for a card or a die showing three points; originally from Old French treis. [69] 32 Can of Corn [8] This nickname likely comes from baseball where a "Can of Corn" is an easily caught fly ball. Supposedly comes from a general store clerk reaching up and dropping a can from a high shelf. [70]
A hyphenation algorithm is a set of rules, especially one codified for implementation in a computer program, that decides at which points a word can be broken over two lines with a hyphen. For example, a hyphenation algorithm might decide that impeachment can be broken as impeach-ment or im-peachment but not impe-achment.
In the tables, the hyphen has two different meanings. A hyphen after the letter indicates that it must be at the beginning of a syllable, e.g., j - in jumper and ajar. A hyphen before the letter indicates that it cannot be at the beginning of a word, e.g., - ck in sick and ticket.
To set up the layout required before play e.g. to set up the 4 cards in Newmarket and place stakes on them; To ante counters or stakes to a pot or pool at the start of a hand. drop, drop out. To withdraw from the current deal, [38] for example in Mauscheln, Préférence, Three-card Loo and Toepen. [52] Also fold.
Terms created specifically for the game of poker will often be hyphenated if they contain multiple words, as the words may not make sense outside the context of poker and so have to be explicitly linked. For example: "pot-limit", "fixed-limit" and "spread-limit" "high-low" "bring-in", "buy-in"