Interpunct
Typographical symbol, variously used as word delimiter, currency decimal delimiter, etc. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Middot" redirects here. For the religious tractate, see Middot (Talmud).
An interpunct ⟨·⟩, also known as an interpoint,[1] middle dot, middot, centered dot or centred dot, is a punctuation mark consisting of a vertically centered dot used for interword separation in Classical Latin. (Word-separating spaces did not appear until some time between 600 and 800 CE.) It appears in a variety of uses in some modern languages.
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Interpunct | |
In Unicode | U+00B7 · MIDDLE DOT (·, ·, ·) |
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Different from | U+2027 ‧ HYPHENATION POINT U+2219 ∙ BULLET OPERATOR |
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See also | U+02D1 ˑ MODIFIER LETTER HALF TRIANGULAR COLON |
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The multiplication dot or "dot operator" is frequently used in mathematical and scientific notation, and it may differ in appearance from the interpunct.