Origin of the caret symbol
Caret is a Latin word which means ‘to be separated’. It is also called as circumflex. Here are a few places where caret symbol is used –
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3. Phonetic marker for vowels
In some languages, the tone in which a word is said keeps changing with pitchfalling down and rising from syllable to syllable or even word-to-word. This tone contouring is denoted by the ^ or caret symbol. It is useful while writing what is spoken, for example a dialogue, poem or a speech.
Caret also comes handy when the vowels (â, ê, and ô) need to be stressed in a word in some languages. Example – lâtte. Here, a is the long vowel and hence there is a caret.
4. In mathematics
Caret symbol is used to denote angles, transforms (like Fourier transform) and unit vector (û). For example, Â, î and many more.
The ^caret symbol
Have you ever wondered what’s that symbol (^) above the number 6 on your keyboard? This symbol is called caret. Pronounced in the same way as carrot, this symbol has more uses than you can think of. In this Grammar.com article, let us explore the uses of this mystery cap on number 6!www.grammar.com
Just for fun, I'm going to investigate this one.
Interesting. It looks real enough, not sloppy around the edges.It doesn't seem very real to me, however I see the W or the M of Cassiopaea.
I have tried to decode in off-on key, ones and zeros, and the only one I got with any sense are numbers translating from Ascii.
Reading as M from left to right would be:
01011001 : 5 and 9
10010001 : 9 and 1
00001001 : 0 and 9
11001101. : 12 and 13
Reading as W from left to right:
First line: 11 and 3
Second line: 9 and 0
Third line: 8 and 9
Fourth line: 9 and 10
And... that's it, maybe the numbers mean something to someone.
I like word puzzles, so I tried this UK Morse Code translator: Morse Code TranslatorHere, I assume that the (little) discs are the dots of the Morse code, and the "sausages" are the dashes of the Morse code.
So, beginning from the center, going out, we have : -⸱- --- --- ⸱⸱⸱ ⸱⸱- | ⸱⸱- ⸱-⸱⸱ -⸱-⸱ --
In the Russian Morse code, it would read :
КООСУ | УЛЦМ (or transcribed in latin alphabet : KOOSU | ULCM ?)
In the reverse order, from the outside towards the center, we have : -- ⸱-⸱- ⸱⸱-⸱ -⸱⸱ | -⸱⸱ ⸱⸱⸱ --- --- -⸱-
so :
МЯФД | ДСООК (or transcribed in latin alphabet : MYaFD | DTsOOK ?)
Now, does that mean anything in Russian ? I hope some of the russian-speaking fellows here will be able to tell us.
Actually it occurred to me it could be a MAP, the numbers in ASCII COULD be galactic coordinates, but I do not know how to input them into an app, like google earth. Galactic coordinate system - Wikipedia. One of you reading probably can figure it out. I seem to recall (?) latitude, longitude, right ascension, declination. Maybe a line from a movie.
almost same day that this fireball hit Brazil, not far away from the CC, and the biggest one this year
That is a powerful crop circle, just looking at it cleared my sinuses. Seriously. A side-note in explanation - a hint for me that energy is going negative is an upper respiratory and eustachian tube change to feeling (more) congested. Then there are sometimes little pops as it clears up. I know this will sound odd, but I'm willing to sound odd having been around the forum for a while now, lol!
I have noticed smiliar things with different growth on soil, albeit rarely seen as circles (even if i have seen them too). Most often more like patches and squares, where the grass looks more youthful. Especially around autumn or spring this becomes more visible. My automatic 3D brain interpret it as, that there must be something in the soil which affects the composition with extra nutrients or minerals, leading to better growth.
They could possibly be what is called 'fairy rings'.
Oh, these could possibly be from the grounds keeper applying fertilizer and or seed, with a circular spreader. We had very similar circles on our lawn, after my husband and father in law messed around with “lawn maintenance” years ago.
