·
(Redirected from ̇)
See also: ⋅ [U+22C5 DOT OPERATOR], • [U+2022 BULLET], ‧ [U+2027 HYPHENATION POINT], ・ [U+30FB KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT], and ･ [U+FF65 HALFWIDTH KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT]
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Translingual[edit]
Description[edit]
A dot.
Symbol[edit]
·
- (mathematics) The product operator.
- 7 · 8 = 56
- (in a few countries, such as the UK) A decimal point.
- 3·14, £1,234·99
- (mathematics, vectors) The dot product operator.
- (1,2,5) · (3,4,−1) = 6
- (Gregg shorthand) the letter a
- (mathematics) Indicates what elements can vary.
- If we have f(x,y) we can analyze the properties of f(·,y) which is a function of x found by fixing a particular y.
- See ・ for the middle dot used in Japanese katakana.
Usage notes[edit]
- (decimal point): Many Britons employ the American decimal point ⟨.⟩ owing to a general lack of support for the middot character on computers. It remains common in writing done by hand.
- (Gregg shorthand, letter a): · (“dot”) is the shorthand form of a in Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, and Pre-Anniversary shorthand.
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
- dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- ellipsis ( … )
- exclamation mark ( ! )
- fraction slash ( ⁄ )
- guillemets ( « » )
- hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
- interpunct ( · )
- interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
- parentheses ( ( ) )
- period (US) or full stop (UK) ( . )
- question mark ( ? )
- quotation marks (formal, UK) ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )
- quotation marks (informal, US, Computing) ( " ) ( ' )
Asturian[edit]
Diacritical mark[edit]
·
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called puntu inferior (“dot below”) in Asturian, and found on Ḥ/ḥ and Ḷ/ḷ.
Catalan[edit]
Diacritical mark[edit]
·
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called punt volat (“flown dot”) in Catalan, and found in the combination l·l to distinguish it from the digraph ll .
Chinese[edit]
Punctuation mark[edit]
·
- Separates first and last names in foreign proper names.
- Separates the title of a literary work or collection from the title of a section.
- “Qīngshàonián Wénkù · Àomàn yǔ Piānjiàn” [Pinyin]
- Teenage Book Collection: Pride and Prejudice
- Separates the name of a fixed melody or format from the title of a poem or song.
- “Shuǐdiào Gētóu · Míngyuè Jǐshí Yǒu” [Pinyin]
- "Mid-Autumn Festival Night" to the tune of "Shuidiao Getou"
- Separates items in a list in titles.
- Separates the month from the day in events, commemorations, etc. named after dates, only used after January (一 (yī)), November (一一 (yīyī)) and December (一二 (yī'èr)) when hanzi are used.
Usage notes[edit]
- Rarely used in general. Is used similarly to the Japanese symbol ・.
Greek[edit]
Punctuation mark[edit]
· (U+0387)
- (grammar) The raised point (άνω τελεία (áno teleía)) or Greek ; (semicolon).
Usage notes[edit]
- · is correctly represented by the Unicode character U+0387, which is positioned similarly to the top point of a colon (:) or semicolon (;)
- For technical reasons, U+0387 reproduces in Wiktionary as the Latin middle dot (U+00B7).
- U+0387 (higher) = · vs · = U+00B7 (lower)
See also[edit]
Irish[edit]
Diacritical mark[edit]
̇
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called ponc séimhithe (“lenition dot”) in Irish, and found on Ḃ/ḃ, Ċ/ċ, Ḋ/ḋ, Ḟ/ḟ, Ġ/ġ, Ṁ/ṁ, Ṗ/ṗ, Ṡ/ṡ and Ṫ/ṫ. (generally used only in Gaelic script; very rare in Latin script)
Latin[edit]
Punctuation mark[edit]
·
- Used to indicate a word boundary.
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