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Q&A What symbols are used after difficult words in a text to refer a reader to a glossary for a definition?

If you can live with it not being after the word, my dead-trees encyclopedia which was written long before web 2.0 was all the hype uses something like the form ►someword (that's U+25BA from the Ge...

posted 11y ago by Canina‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-11T18:55:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:06:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:06:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
If you can live with it not being _after_ the word, my dead-trees encyclopedia which was written long before web 2.0 was all the hype uses something like the form `►someword` (that's U+25BA from the _Geometric Shapes_ Unicode block; Black right-pointing pointer) to refer specifically to other subjects found in the encyclopedia. I can't cite any real facts to support the following, but it seems to be a fairly common notation in such works.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-09-29T18:59:10Z (about 11 years ago)
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