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Of course it is.
The very reason it's called an "arrow" is because it is fundamentally a visual analog of a physical arrow, which moves linearly through space.
Note that the icon to go backward is an arrow pointing the other way.
Now, the stop button is more of an abstraction, to be sure.
"one that looks like a "+" and the other that looks like a "-"
+ and - are text, not icons. Written mathematics is a form of text.
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Of course it is.
The very reason it's called an "arrow" is because it is fundamentally a visual analog of a physical arrow, which moves linearly through space.
Note that the icon to go backward is an arrow pointing the other way.
Now, the stop button is more of an abstraction, to be sure.
"one that looks like a "+" and the other that looks like a "-"
+ and - are text, not icons. Written mathematics is a form of text.