The V sign is a hand gesture in which the index and middle fingers are raised and parted to make a V shape while the other fingers are clenched. It has...
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astrology, astrological signs are the twelve 30-degree sectors that make up Earth's 360-degree orbit around the Sun. The signs enumerate from the first...
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Peace symbols (redirect from Peace sign)
lithograph by Pablo Picasso after World War II. In the 1950s, the "peace sign", as it is known today (also known as "peace and love"), was designed by...
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natural sign bears a causal relation to its object—for instance, thunder is a sign of storm, or medical symptoms a sign of disease. A conventional sign signifies...
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Sign of the V was an anti-war song for American singer-songwriter Bobby Bloom. It was a hit for him in 1969. "Sign of the V" backed with "Heidi" was released...
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The at sign, @, is an accounting and invoice abbreviation meaning "at a rate of" (e.g. 7 widgets @ £2 per widget = £14), now seen more widely in email...
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Dermatomyositis (redirect from Gottron sign)
or "V-sign" above the breasts and may also occur on the face, upper arms, thighs, or hands. Another form the rash takes is called Gottron's sign, which...
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List of gestures (redirect from Cuckoo sign)
outwards. This sign began to be used during World War II to indicate "V for Victory". In the 1960s, the hippie-movement began to use the V-sign to mean "peace"...
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Obscene gesture (section V sign)
Commonwealth of Nations countries (except Canada),[citation needed] the V sign as an insult (the middle and index fingers raised, and given with back of...
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of gestures including a nod, a pointed finger, palm-out V sign, palm-in fingers-down V sign, or an actual raised-hand wave. Motorcyclists may use specialized...
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controversial: in 1971 he was disciplined (overturned on appeal) after he gave a "V sign" to the judges following a near-perfect round which won him the British...
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Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were...
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Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages...
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15, 2011. In the original series, the title refers to the "V for Victory" sign. In the 1983 V miniseries, a group of children are shown spray painting generic...
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The Hollywood Sign is an American landmark and cultural icon overlooking Hollywood, Los Angeles. Originally the Hollywoodland Sign, it is situated on Mount...
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The pound sign (£) is the symbol for the pound unit of sterling – the currency of the United Kingdom and its associated Crown Dependencies and British...
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Look up V, v, -v, v-, or v. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. V, or v, is the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet. V may also refer to: V, a character...
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re-launch V Jump in 1992, and serve as its editor-in-chief. He also changed the meaning of the "V" in its title from "Victory", derived from the V sign, to...
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Peace Sign or peace symbol is the internationally recognized symbol for peace. Peace Sign may also refer to: V sign, commonly called the peace sign Peace...
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The finger (redirect from Hawaiian good luck sign)
communication Obscene gesture OK (gesture) Shaka sign Shocker (gesture) Sign of the Horns V sign or "the fingers" Wanker Kipfer, Barbara Ann; Chapman, Robert L...
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externally observable; symptoms are a person's reported subjective experiences. A sign for example may be a higher or lower temperature than normal, raised or lowered...
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Battle's sign, also known as mastoid ecchymosis, is an indication of fracture of middle cranial fossa of the skull. These fractures may be associated with...
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Thumb signal (redirect from Thumbs-up sign)
one".[citation needed] High officials in the Chinese government see it as a sign of respect.[citation needed] During World War II, pilots on US aircraft carriers...
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A stop sign is a traffic sign designed to notify drivers that they must come to a complete stop and make sure the intersection (or railroad crossing) is...
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Gowers's sign is a medical sign that indicates weakness of the proximal muscles, namely those of the lower limb. The sign describes a patient that has...
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mathematics, Descartes' rule of signs, described by René Descartes in his La Géométrie, counts the roots of a polynomial by examining sign changes in its coefficients...
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Currency symbol (redirect from Intl. currency sign)
other symbols instead of currency symbols. A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined...
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(either by itself, or along with the index finger in the United Kingdom: see V sign) is an offensive and obscene gesture, widely recognized as a form of insult...
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Adobe Acrobat Sign (formerly EchoSign, eSign & Adobe Sign) is a cloud-based e-signature service that allows the user to send, sign, track, and manage signature...
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