(medicine) A symbol of the medical profession, consisting of a branched staff with a single snake twined around it.

(military) An officer who fulfills a non-combat support function, often in a headquarters or planning office.

(ecclesiastical, obsolete) A archbishop's cross. / (historical) An early instrument, consisting of a wooden rod with a sliding crosspiece, used for measuring the altitude of a star or for surveying.

(management) Any secondary business activity that supports the line functions of a business, but does not directly affect customers or profits

(US, Canada) Half-mast.

(music) A staff that starts with a treble clef.

(music) a staff which starts with a bass clef

(music) a treble staff joined to a bass staff by means of a brace, with the treble staff on top

(military) The senior officer of any of several services of the armed forces of several nations. / (government, politics) The head of any of several political departments in several nations.

An ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.