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Wedge

speaker

Meaning

Noun

●
In Simple machines:
One of the
; a
of
, such as
or
,
and
to a
at the other for
in a
, used for
,
,
, or levering.
●
A
(of food,
,
etc.) having this shape.
●
Something that
a
,
or
between things.
●
In Geometry, Shapes & Polyhedra:
A five-sided
with a
, two
or
in an
, and two
ends.
●
In Architecture:
A
, one of the
an
or vault.
●
A
of
to
some
of an
,
in an
V formation.
●
A group of
,
, or other
when they are
in a V formation.
●
In Golf:
A type of
used
, high trajectories.
●
One of a
of wedge-heeled shoes.
●
An ingot.
●
Silver or
collectively.
●
In British English:
A
of money.
●
In American English & Regional English:
A
made on a long,
roll.
●
One of the
that
, a
made with the
of a
stylus.
●
In American English & Typography:
  • Any
    like a V in some given orientation.
  • A háček.
    • ●
    In Phonetics:
  • Any
    like a V in some given orientation.
  • The IPA
    ʌ, which
    an
    back
    vowel.
    • ●
    In Mathematics:
  • Any
    like a V in some given orientation.
  • The
    ∧,
    a
    (infimum)
    or
    conjunction.
    • ●
    In Music:
  • Any
    like a V in some given orientation.
  • A
    , an
    V-shaped
    a
    or decrescendo.
    • ●
    In Meteorology:
    A
    ; an
    of high
    between two
    areas.
    ●
    In Meteorology:
    A
    tornado.
    ●
    In Finance:
    A market
    by a
    range in
    with an upward
    in
    (a
    ) or a
    in
    (a
    ).
    ●
    In British English & Universities:
    The person whose
    on the
    of the
    tripos.

    Verb

    ●
    To support or
    using a wedge.
    ●
    To
    into a
    gap.
    ●
    To
    (people or
    ) together
    into a mass.
    ●
    To work
    by
    or
    for the
    of
    the
    and
    bubbles.
    ●
    In Computing:
    Of a
    or system: to
    an
    state.
    ●
    To
    with a wedge.
    ●
    To
    or
    with a wedge.
    ●
    To
    into a wedge.

    Name

    ●
    A surname.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    wedge
    English
    arrow
    wegge
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    arrow
    wecg
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    Sourced from
    Etym

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