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Symbol 30:2

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30:2 · When the line in the circle is horizontal but does not touch the circumference the sign becomes a negative unit or something negative in a closed room. Falling pressure (in a tank), negative ion and negative pole are three of its meanings in modern ideography.
    As a traffic symbol the structure is a sign for stop, one-way traffic only.