The first sign of syphilis is a small sore, called a chancre (SHANG-kur). The sore appears at the spot where the bacteria entered your body. While most people infected with syphilis develop only one chancre, some people develop several of them. The chancre usually develops about three weeks after exposure.
The colon is the symbol :. It is used in a number of different ways in mathematics. 1. To denote ratio or odds, as in 2:1 (voiced two to one). 2. To mean such that in constructions such as (voiced the set of numbers such that ). 3. To give a name to a map, e.g., (which is equivalent to the function notation ).
Math is a Language of Symbols. In math, symbols are the main part of the concise, specific language that we use. In this lesson, we will try to stick with the symbols that would be used most often.Note that a number of symbols are not always available in certain kinds of software, so we have alternatives.quare brackets that look like this: and curly brackets that look like this: { }. are used to group items together. Grouping symbols are used to tell you to do the math of the items in the group first.