In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
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tecla (del signo) de número femininetecla numeral femininetecla de almohadilla feminine Spain- The positions of these neurons are marked by a number sign and an asterisk, respectively.
- Letterpress printers have long grouped the ampersand along with other assorted marks (including the asterisk and number sign) under the loose rubric of "allsorts."
- A number sign indicates positions with maximum mutual information content.
- These are marked with a number sign.
- The two loci marked with a number sign indicate those analyzed by quantitative PCR in the previous study.
- The number sign indicates nodes with bootstrap values less than 50%.
- The advantage of this system of nine number signs and a zero is that it allows for calculations to be easily made.
- To do stem searching, use a number sign after the word.
- These are used in the same way, but rather than using a dot before the name, you use a number sign.
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