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½ U+00BD, ½
VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
¼
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Latin-1 Supplement ¾
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½

  1. (mathematics) One half
    • 1979 April 14, Larry Beerli, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News (in English), page 15:
      Lonely GM seeking yng penpals to pass ½ century sentence.
    • 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE[1] (in English), page 34:
      Usually the result is 1-0, 0-1 or ½-½. In exceptional circumstances both players may lose (Article 11.8), or one score ½ and the other 0. For unplayed games the scores are indicated by +/- (White wins by forfeit), -/+ (Black wins by forfeit), -/- (Both players lose by forfeit).
    • 2024 March 15, Brian Lowry, “‘In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon’ will leave you feeling groovy”, in CNN[2] (in English):
      Spanning 3 ½ hours, director Alex Gibney spends a bit too much time on Simon today, but it’s still a fitting tribute to a talent who, to quote his song, went looking for America, and had America and indeed the world find him in return.
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