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Describing > and >>> (or < and <<<) Hey guys! I have an urgent question... At the moment, I am working on a project where I need to describe the following symbols on some buttons: "<" and "<<<" and ">" and ">>>" How would you describe these symbols correctly when they are meant to enable the user to put one item ( via > or <) or all items (via <<< or >>>) from one list to another and vice versa? My approach so far: I've described the buttons "<<<" and ">>>" as the 'buttons with three navigational arrows', and ">" and "<" as the 'buttons with one arrow'. My colleague has described ">" as the 'right arrow key' and "<" as the 'left arrow key'. (This is because the buttons are located between the two lists. I know, "key" is probably technically wrong here, as these are buttons on a screen, but this is another story...) She has found a non-verbal solution to talk about <<< and >>>, which would probably be acceptable. Many thanks!

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I'm not sure I completely understand this question, but maybe: < single left arrow > single right arrow <<< triple left arrow >>> triple right arrow or maybe you could use the mathematical sense, greater than or less than. Ie, 10>3 (10 is greater than 3); 2<5 (2 is less than 5) > single greater than < single less than >>> triple greater than <<< triple less than I'm sorry if this is confusing!! :-)

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