Chevron (often relating to V-shaped patterns) may refer to:

Science and technology

Chevron (aerospace) The turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a portmanteau of "turbine" and "fan": the ''turbo'' portion refers to a gas turbine engine which achieves mechanic ...

, sawtooth patterns on some jet engines *

Chevron (anatomy) A haemal arch also known as a chevron, is a bony arch on the ventral side of a tail vertebra of a vertebrate. The canal formed by the space between the arch and the vertebral body is the haemal canal. A spinous ventral process emerging from the hae ...

, a bone * ''

Eulithis testata ''Eulithis testata'', the chevron, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was Species description, first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in both the Palearctic realm, Palearctic and the Nearctic realms. In the Palearctic ...

'', a moth * Chevron (geology), a fold in rock layers *

Chevron (land form) A chevron is a wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world. The term chevron was originally used independently by Maxwell and Haynes and Hearty and others for large, V-shaped, sub-linear to par ...

, a sediment deposit across the earth's surface *

Chevron nail Chevron nail (also known as a "Herringbone nail") is a rare transient fingernail ridge pattern seen in children, a ridge arising from the proximal nailfold and converging in a V-shaped pattern towards the midpoint distally.James, William; Berger, ...

, a rare transient fingernail ridge pattern seen in children * Chevron plot, a way of representing data

Organisations

* ''

The Chevron ''The Chevron'' was the official newspaper published by the Federation of Students at the University of Waterloo (in the city of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories ...

'', former newspaper at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada *

Chevron Corporation Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation. The second-largest direct descendant of Standard Oil, and originally known as the Standard Oil Company of California (shortened to Socal or CalSo), it is headquartered in S ...

, an American multinational energy corporation ** ''

Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. ''Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.'', 467 U.S. 837 (1984), was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court set forth the legal test for determining whether to grant Jud ...

'', 467 U.S. 837 (1984), a United States Supreme Court case dealing with administrative law * Chevron Cars Ltd, a British racing car constructor * Chevron Engineering Ltd, a New Zealand car maker

People

Philip Chevron Philip Ryan (17 June 1957 – 8 October 2013), professionally known as Philip Chevron, was an Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist and record producer. He was best known as the lead guitarist for the celtic punk band The Pogues and as the fron ...

(1957–2013), Irish singer/songwriter *

The Chevrons The Chevrons were a United States pop group who recorded the hit record "Lullabye" in 1960. The band featured lead singer Terry Cashman, best known for his baseball songs, notably " Talkin' Baseball", then known by his born name, Dennis Minogue. ...

, an American pop group

Places

* Chevron, Wallonia, a district of the municipality of

Stoumont Stoumont () is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Stoumont had a total population of 3,006. The total area is 108.45 km2 which gives a population density of 28 inhabitants per km2. T ...

Chevron, Kansas Chevron is an unincorporated community in Scott County, Kansas Scott County (standard abbreviation: SC) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 5,151. Its county seat is Scott City, ...

, an unincorporated community, United States * Chevron, or Hebron, a city in the West Bank * Chevron Island, a neighbourhood in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia *

Château de Chevron The Château de Chevron is a redesigned and remodelled castle in the ''commune'' of Mercury in the Savoie ''département'' of France. It was owned by the powerful Quilliard family. History Pope Nicholas II was born in Chevron between 990 and 9 ...

, in France *

Chevron Mountain Chevron Mountain is a summit in Alberta, Canada. Chevron Mountain was named for the fact it resembles a chevron Chevron (often relating to V-shaped patterns) may refer to: Science and technology * Chevron (aerospace), sawtooth patterns on ...

* Chevron Reef, artificial reef constructed in 2000 in Santa Monica Bay * Chevron Rocks * Chevron Science Center, academic building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Estadio Chevron, a professional baseball stadium located in Tijuana, Baja California, in Mexico

Symbols

* Chevron (insignia), a heraldic symbol * Guillemet, a type of quotation mark that looks like a pair of small chevrons *

Angle brackets A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'r ...

, another pair of punctuation marks sometimes called chevrons * Trill (music), a wavy line indicating a trill * Chevron, a symbol used in reticles in firearm scopes like the ACOG * Rank insignia in many armed forces *

Chevron (flag) Flag terminology is the nomenclature, or system of terms, used in vexillology, the study of flags, to describe precisely the parts, patterns, and other attributes of flags and their display. Flag types ...

, a flag pattern *

Circumflex The circumflex () is a diacritic in the Latin and Greek scripts that is also used in the written forms of many languages and in various romanization and transcription schemes. It received its English name from la, circumflexus "bent around"a ...

, a chevron-shaped diacritical mark * Caron/haček, a diacritical mark known as "inverted chevron"

Other uses

* Chevron, a type of moustache * Chevron, part of a

stargate ''Stargate'' (often stylized in all caps) is a military science fiction media franchise based on the Stargate (film), film directed by Roland Emmerich, which he co-wrote with producer Dean Devlin. The franchise is based on the idea of an alien E ...

in the ''Stargate'' fictional universe * "Chevron" (song), from the 2016 album ''Mariner'' *

Chevron bead Chevron beads are special glass beads; the first Sample (material), specimens of this type were created by glass bead makers in Venice and Murano, Italy, toward the end of the 14th century. They may also be referred to as ''rosetta,'' or star beads ...