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Translingual

Symbol

(space)

  1. (Used to separate words from one another.)

#

English

Noun

# (plural: #, #s)

  1. (food, US) Pound (unit of weight).
  2. (followed by a numeral: used attributively) Number.
  3. (computing) The hash character

:

Translingual

Symbol

:

  1. Used to separate numbers in a ratio.
    There is a 5:4 ratio of boys to girls in my class.

::

Translingual

Symbol

::

  1. (rare) (Used in a proportion to separate one ratio from another.)

<

Translingual

Preposition

<

  1. Less than; used to show the number on the left has a lower value than the one on the right.
    \forall x< 3

Verb

<

  1. Is less than.
    x < 3

<3

Translingual

Etymology

From its shape as a heart.

Verb

<3

  1. (emoticon) Love.

>

Translingual

Preposition

>

  1. Greater than, more than; used to show the number on the left has a greater value than the one on the right.
    \forall x>3

Verb

>

  1. Is greater than.
    x > 3

[

]

_

Translingual

Symbol

_

  1. The underscore symbol, often used in place of a space in email addresses.
    My email address is jon_smith@mail.com.

{

|

Translingual

Conjunction

|

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  1. (logic) (Used to join two statements of which not both are true.)

Preposition

|

  1. (mathematics) Such that; having the property that.
    \lbrace x\in\mathbb{R}|x>0\rbrace
  2. (mathematics, of an expression) Evaluated at.
    x + 2 | x = 1 = 3

Verb

|

  1. (mathematics) Divides (evenly).
    3|6

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