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📏 Straight ruler
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📏 Emoji meaning
Measuring, testing, evaluation, control, length, size, and technology.
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📏 Meaning
I have to remeasure! A ruler is used to draw straight lines or to measure distances. The oldest ruler comes from India and is over 4000 years old. In connection with school or work, e.g. architectural draftsman.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Straight ruler vs triangular ruler; both measuring tools used in office or school.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Straight ruler” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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Keywords added
+ angle + edge + math + straight + straightedge
Keywords removed
- straight edge - straight ruler
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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Keywords added
+ straight ruler
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ ruler + straight edge
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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- straight edge
