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See also: ʹ [U+02B9 MODIFIER LETTER PRIME], [U+2035 REVERSED PRIME], ´ [U+00B4 ACUTE ACCENT], and ˊ [U+02CA MODIFIER LETTER ACUTE ACCENT]

U+2032, ′
PRIME

[U+2031]
General Punctuation
[U+2033]

Translingual

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Symbol

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  1. Feet
  2. Minutes (as a fraction of a degree of arc)
  3. Minutes (as a unit of time)
  4. (calculus) Derivative of
    f′(x)= df(x)/dx
  5. (set theory) Complement of a set
  6. (in transliterated Cyrillic text) Transliteration of the soft sign (ь), indicating palatalization of preceding consonants – more correctly the modifier letter ⟨ʹ⟩.
  7. (linear algebra, of a matrix) Transpose
    A = AT
  8. (geometry) Used to distinguish two or more points, lines, etc. with the same name
    t, t′, t″, t‴, t⁗, …
    A, A′, A″, A‴, A⁗, …
  9. (phonetics) palatalization symbol in Slavic Phonetic Alphabet – more correctly the modifier letter ⟨ʹ⟩

Usage notes

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In English, this symbol is known as prime.

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English

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Symbol

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  1. (lexicography) marks stress.

Usage notes

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Comes at the end of the stressed syllable, e.g. \sə‧rēn′\ for serene. May be bolded for primary stress, and used on unstressed syllables to indicate that a vowel is not reduced, e.g. \băt‧ᵊl‧shĭp′\ for battleship.