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Description
An arrow pointing right. Sometimes, if more convenient, "->" or "=>" is substituted for the actual symbol.
Symbol
→
- Right, rightward.
- Antonym: ←
- Eastward.
- Indicates an effect or consequence: leads to.
- 2002, “Haematology” (chapter 3), in Drew Provan, Andrew Krentz, editors, Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation (in English), Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 219:
- Complement (C3a, C4a, C5a) release into recipient plasma→smooth muscle contraction. May develop DIC or oliguria (10% cases) due to profound hypotension.
- (logic, text-style only) material implication
- (mathematics, text-style only) converges to
- (mathematics, category theory, text-style only) morphism or a function, pointing from the domain to the codomain
- (computing, text-style only) Indicates a series of steps to achieve a task in software.
- Go to File → Save As → CSV file → OK.
- (computing) The right-arrow key on a computer keyboard, used for navigation and various keyboard commands.
- (linguistics, text-style only) which goes to (used for synchronic rules only).
- (phonetics, text-style only) An implicit IPA symbol for level intonation across a word or phrase, disregarding downdrift.