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Translingual
Wikipedia
Symbol
(space)
#
See also ♯
Etymology
WikipediaThe symbol # derives from the abbreviation lb for Latin libra (“‘pound’”), via the medieval convention of indicating abbreviations with an over-stroke, which in this case crossed the risers of the l and b (approximately l͞b, or lb).
English
Symbol
# (plural: #, #s) In English it is called the pound sign, number sign, hash sign, or octothorpe.
- (food packaging, US) Pound (unit of weight): 3# "three pounds"
- (followed by a numeral: used attributively) Number: #3 "number three"
- (computing) The hash character
.
Translingual
WikipediaSymbol
.
- full stop or period (used to indicate the end of a sentence).
- In some counting systems, the decimal separator.
- In some counting systems, the thousands separator.
Usage notes
The symbol . has differet names when being spoken:
- To signify the end of a sentence: period or full stop
- My name is John. - My name is John period (US) or My name is John full stop (UK)
- For use as a decimal separator: point
- 3.45 - three point four five
- For use of a thousand separator: - (not pronounced)
- There are 1.000 species left. - There are one thousand species left
- For use in an email address: dot
- john.smith@mail.com - john dot smith at mail dot com
Synonyms
decimal separator
- , (in some counting systems)
thousand separator
- , (in some counting systems)
:
Translingual
WikipediaSymbol
:
::
Translingual
Symbol
::
- (rare) (Used in a proportion to separate one ratio from another.)
<
Translingual
WikipediaPreposition
<
- Less than; used to show the number on the left has a lower value than the one on the right.
Verb
<
- Is less than.
- x < 3
Synonyms
- (less than): ≱
Antonyms
- (less than): ≥
Related Terms
<3
Translingual
Etymology
From its shape as a heart.
Verb
<3
- (emoticon) Love.
<·
Translingual
WikipediaSymbol
<·
- covers. "is covered by"
>
Translingual
WikipediaPreposition
>
- Greater than, more than; used to show the number on the left has a greater value than the one on the right.
Verb
>
- Is greater than.
- x > 3
Synonyms
- (greater than): ≰
Antonyms
- (greater than): ≤
Related Terms
[
Translingual
WikipediaSymbol
[
- left square bracket
Related Symbol
]
Translingual
WikipediaSymbol
]
- right square bracket
Related Symbol
_
Translingual
WikipediaSymbol
_
- The underscore symbol, often used in place of a space in email addresses.
- My email address is jon_smith@mail.com.
{
Translingual
WikipediaSymbol
{
- left curly bracket
Related Symbol
|
Translingual
Conjunction
|
Wikipedia- (logic) vertical bar, or pipe (used to join two statements of which not both are true.)
Preposition
|
- (mathematics) Such that; having the property that.
- (mathematics, of an expression) Evaluated at.
- x + 2 | x = 1 = 3
Verb
|
- (mathematics) Divides (evenly).
- 3|6
- (mathematics) absolute value
- |-3| = 3
- (geometry) Euclidean distance
- For x = (1,1), and y = (4,5), |x – y| = √([1–4]2 + [1–5]2) = 5
- Determinant
- |A| means the determinant of the matrix A
- (mathematics) Cardinality
- |{3, 5, 7, 9}| = 4
- (statistics) Conditional probability
}
Translingual
WikipediaSymbol
}
- right curly bracket
Related Symbol
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