Single Chevron-Rank: Private E2, US Army	Chevronels, in the arms of Letchworth Garden City
Double Chevron-Rank: Corporal E4, US Army

A chevron (also spelled cheveron, especially in older documents) is a V-shaped pattern. Image File history File links MilitaryChevron1. ... Arms of the former urban district council of Letchworth Garden City, Herts. ... Arms of the former urban district council of Letchworth Garden City, Herts. ... Image File history File links MilitaryChevron2. ...

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 flags (see flag terminology). The origin seems to be the shape of the rafters of a building. The neck of a steel-string acoustic guitar showing the first four frets. ... However, the widest definition in modern use refers to the organization, articulation, and interfaces of any built (or To Be Built— TBB) entity, whether a building or a communications network. ... This page describes uniform in the sense of clothing. ... Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as armorial bearings or simply as arms. Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their shields. ... The tricolor flag of France A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ...

In areas observing British Commonwealth or United States doctrine, chevrons are used as an insignia of enlisted or NCO rank by land military forces and by police. One chevron usually designates a private, two a corporal, and three a sergeant. One to four "rockers" may be also be incorporated to indicate various grades of sergeant. In American usage, chevrons typically point up, or on shoulderboards towards the neck; in Commonwealth usage (and in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force), they usually point down, or on shoulderboards away from the neck. Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of independent sovereign states, most of which were once governed by the United Kingdom and are its former colonies. ... Corporal is a military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4) in use by several militaries of the world. ... This article is about the rank of sergeant. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aviation branch of the United States armed forces. ...

Small chevrons are part of the insigne to indicate length of time serving in some armies. They are worn on the lower left sleeve.

In heraldry when shown as a smaller size than standard, it is a diminutive called a chevronel.

They are also used as road markings in some stretches of British and Canadian motorways, to help drivers gauge the distance to the car in front. It has been suggested that Lane#Lane_markings be merged into this article or section. ... Motorway mark in Europe A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ...

The French automobile firm Citroën uses a logo commonly referred to as a pair of chevrons, though it originates in the shape of the teeth of special type of gears which that firm made prior to its entering the car business. Citroën is a French automobile manufacturer, started in 1919 by André Citroën, today part of PSA Peugeot Citroën. ...

The British television company Yorkshire Television used a Y-shaped symbol known as "the chevron" as its logo, from when its broadcasts began in July 1968 until the company was absorbed into the newly-formed ITV plc in February 2004. Yorkshire Television logo 1987 Yorkshire Television Limited is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... ITV plc is a British media company which operates the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the Stargate science-fiction universe, the outer ring of the Stargate device feature nine chevrons. In normal use, seven chevrons lock in to place as a destination Stargate is dialled. Stargate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A collection of well-known science-fiction novels and magazines Science fiction is a genre of fiction in which advances in science, or contact with more scientifically advanced civilizations, create situations different from those of both the present day and the known past. ... A typical stargate. ...

In Microsoft Windows operating system the name "chevron" is used for a menu that contains the toolbar icons which don't fit in the space available on the toolbar. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of 40 billion US dollars and more than 55,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ... Microsoft Windows refers to a series of operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ...

As a part of punctuation, chevrons (also known as guillemets or angle quotes) usually act as quotation marks, particularly in Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Examples would be ‹single quotes› and «double quotes». Chevrons are also used in Chinese punctuation, often to enclose the titles of books: ︿ and ﹀ or ︽ and ︾ for traditional vertical printing, and 〈 and 〉 or 《 and 》 for horizontal printing. Punctuation marks are written symbols that do not correspond to either phonemes (sounds) of a spoken language nor to lexemes (words and phrases) of a written language, but which serve to organize or clarify written language. ... Quotation marks, also called quotes or inverted commas, are punctuation marks used in pairs to set off speech, a quotation, or a phrase. ...