What does pound sign mean?
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pound sign
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Princeton's WordNet
pound, pound signnoun
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
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pound signnoun
The symbol £ representing the pound sterling.
pound signnoun
The symbol on a telephone.
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pound sign
The pound sign is a symbol used in various contexts, represented as "#". It is known as the number sign or hash in American English. It is most commonly used in information technology to highlight a special meaning, denote a keyword (hashtags in social media), or introduce a comment in programming language. In the UK, it is often used as a symbol for the British currency, the pound sterling (£).
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Pound sign
The pound sign is the symbol for the pound sterling—the currency of the United Kingdom. The same symbol is used for similarly named currencies in some other countries and territories, such as the Irish pound, Gibraltar pound, Australian pound, and Italian lira. Several countries, including Lebanon, call their currency "the pound" but do not use the £ symbol. In Egypt, whose currency is also named the pound, the £ sign is not totally out of use, although it is uncommon, mainly because the symbol is not easily accessible on the US keyboard layouts that are most commonly used there. In Wales, the symbol traditionally denoted "pence". The symbol derives from a capital "L", representing libra, the basic unit of weight in the Roman Empire, which in turn is derived from the Latin name of the same spelling for scales or a balance. The pound became an English unit of weight and was so named because it originally had the value of one tower pound of fine silver. The pound sign is placed before the number, and separated from the following digits by no space or only a thin space. The symbol ‹₤› was called the lira sign in Italy, before the adoption of the euro. It was used as an alternative to the more usual L to show prices in lire.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pound sign in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pound sign in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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- libra znameníCzech
- סימן של לירה סטרלינגHebrew
- sinal de libraPortuguese
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