octothorpe
octothorp \
oc "
to *
thorp \,
octothorpe \
oc "
to *
thorpe \,
n . [
octo -
eight thorp Etymology of thorp uncertain . (
ca .
1965 ).
See quote below .
Possibly derived from octalthorpe or octotherp (
once used by the Bell System ?).]
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 to designate the symbol as used on digital telephone dials ,
but this can be confusing to Europeans who think of the pound sign as the symbol for the British pound .
It is commonly used as a symbol for the word number ;
as in #
36 (
meaning :
number thirty -
six ).
[
PJC ]
octothorp Otherwise known as the numeral sign .
It has also been used as a symbol for the pound avoirdupois ,
but this usage is now archaic .
In cartography ,
it is also a symbol for village :
eight fields around a central square ,
and this is the source of its name .
Octothorp means eight fields .
--
Robert Bringhurst (
The Elements of Typographic Style (
2d edition ,
1996 ),
Hartley &
Marks ,
Publishers ,
Point Roberts ,
WA ;
Vancouver ,
BC ,
Canada ,
p .
282 )
[
Joel Neely ]
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