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⸻ U+2E3B, ⸻ THREE-EM DASH ← ⸺ [U+2E3A] Supplemental Punctuation ⸼ → [U+2E3C]

Translingual

Etymology

A dash three ems in width. Compare the em dash (—), which is a single em in width.

Symbol

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1. Separates titles, subtitles, chapter numbers, comments, and the body text.
   • 1843, Harvard University, The Symbol and Odd Fellows' Magazine, Volumes 1-2 (in English), Harvard University, page 223:

     Original.

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     THE HISTORY OF A FIVE FRANC PIECE.

     BY P. G. L. WYMAN, JR.

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     IN TWELVE CHAPTERS⸻CHAPTER II.

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     […]

     Soon a man of respectable appearance, whom I took for a laborer, came in and […]

2. In a bibliography or reference list, introduces a work by the same author as the previous entry in the list.