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chevron::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | grade insignia, stripe, stripes |
| Type of | badge |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bearing, charge, armorial bearing, heraldic bearing |
Examples of chevron
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Chevron intends to sell off three coal mines in Wyoming, New Mexico and Alabama.
From the chron.com
Chevron alone spent $49.6 million in the decade, including $1.3 million in 2009.
From the sacbee.com
Chevron moved into the country because they saw trillions of dollars to be made.
From the independent.co.uk
Chevron is rumoured to be in talks to buy Texaco, another big American oil firm.
From the economist.com
Chevron has told local officials it plans to appeal the state agency's decision.
From the sfgate.com
Chevron was exempted from a previous U.S. ban on investment in the former Burma.
From the rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com
Chevron and ExxonMobil recently announced major new deals with Russian partners.
From the thepage.time.com
Chevron was one of the original explorers and developers in the Cook Inlet basin.
From the thenewstribune.com
Chevron believes that the Ecuadorian government is rigging the case against them.
From the theatlantic.com
- V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"
- An inverted V-shaped charge
- A chevron is one of a series of bones on the ventral (under) side of the tail in many reptiles, dinosaurs (such as Diplodocus; see picture), and some mammals such as kangaroos and manatees.
- Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, and active in more than 180 countries, it is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and ...
- A chevron in geology refers to a chevron-shaped fold in stratum layers. Chevron folds are generally close to tight (interlimb angles 70 to 10 degrees) with straight limbs and small angular hinges. ...
- A chevron (also spelled cheveron, especially in older documents) is a V-shaped pattern. The word is usually used in reference to a kind of fret in architecture, or to a badge or insignia used in military or police uniforms to indicate rank or length of service, or in heraldry and the designs of ...
- A chevron is a wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines around the world. Such formations are generally hypothesised to be created from erosion, glaciers, and other natural phenomena, but may sometimes curiously include tiny fossils from the ocean.
- The Chevron was the official newspaper published the Federation of Students at the University of Waterloo for approximately two decades.
- (chevrons) Symbols of enlisted ranks above private. Never stripes.
