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Translingual edit
Etymology edit
A (copper/bronze) handmirror, symbol of the Greek goddess Aphrodite (and her Roman equivalent Venus). The cross was added in the 16th century to Christianize the symbol of a pagan god.
Symbol edit
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- (biology) female.
- 1990, Charles S. Churcher, “Cranial Appendages of Giraffoidea”, George A. Bubenik, Anthony B. Bubenik, Horns, Pronghorns, and Antlers: Evolution, Morphology, Physiology, and Social Significance, New York: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, chapter 1.5, page 183:
- Figure 2. Ossicones, secondary ossification, and sinuses of Giraffa: A Lateral aspect of skull showing courses of veins, areas of dense ossification (heavily stippled) and lesser secondary ossification (lightly stippled), and outlines of skull roofs of male (♂) and female (♀) adults. (After Spinage 1968b.)
- (botany, of a flower) pistillate, carpellate.
- (astronomy, astrology) Venus.
- (alchemy, archaic) copper.
- (rare) Friday.
- Refers to the Latin phrase dies Veneris, which literally means "Venus's day".
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Antonyms edit
- (biology): ♂
Derived terms edit
- (alchemy): 🜠 (copper ore)
- (gender): ⚢ (lesbian)
- ⚤ (heterosexual)
- (botany): ♀-♂ (monoecious)
- ♀:♂ (dioecious)
Gallery edit
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Late Classical and Medieval forms of the astronomical symbol
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Classical form of the symbol, ⚲
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A decorative variant in the Netherlands
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As a symbol for copper
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An abstract variant
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Symbol on a pale-copper background
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Transit of Venus
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1901 cover for Japanese literary magazine Myōjō
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1995 UN conference on women
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Feminism/woman-power symbol
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... on a flag
Related terms edit
See also edit
- Gender symbol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia