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Chevron may refer to:

Trivia about chevron

  • From the Old French, it's the heraldic design on the shield seen here
  • In heraldry, a device shaped like an inverted V, or the name on the signs of a gas station chain
  • In 1984 Standard Oil of California changed its name & its stripes to this
  • Chevron's red & blue logo is this heraldic shape, meant to convey rank & service
  • A private E-2 has one of these -- the symbol, not the gas station
  • This gas company known for its Techron took its present name in 1984 when it merged with Gulf
  • The discovery of oil in 1879 at Pico Canyon near Los Angeles was the start of what's now this petroleum corporation, stock symbol CVX
  • In heraldry it's a design shaped like an upside-down V