Definition: Octothorpe is one of a number of names used for the # symbol on telephones and keyboards. Also called 'number sign', 'hash mark' 'sharp sign', 'scratch' or 'gate'. In the USA only, it is referred to as the 'pound sign' referring to weight, as in 'a 6# bag of sprouts', but also sometimes referring to pounds sterling (because the '£' symb…
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octothorp, octothorpe 1. The official name for the numbers sign which looks like: # 2. The symbol # on a telephone or keyboard. 3. A typographic symbol having two vertical lines intersected by two horizontal lines. It is also called the crosshatch, hash, numeral sign and number sign; in the U. S. it is commonly called the 'pound sign'; especially...
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