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Punctuation [Ancient Greek]

Head templates: {{head|grc|punctuation mark}} ·
  1. The raised point, used like a semicolon. Categories (topical): Ancient Greek punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-·-grc-punct-M6FGbRmS Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Related terms (Greek-script letters): Α, α, Β, β, Γ, γ, Δ, δ, Ε, ε, Ζ, ζ, Η, η, Θ, θ, Ι, ι, Κ, κ, Λ, λ, Μ, μ, Ν, ν, Ξ, ξ, Ο, ο, Π, π, Ρ, ρ, Σ, σ, ς, Τ, τ, Υ, υ, Φ, φ, Χ, χ, Ψ, ψ, Ω, ω Related terms (diacritics): ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨ Related terms (non-Classical letters): Ϝ, ϝ, Ͷ, ͷ, Ͱ, ͱ, Ϻ, ϻ, Ϙ, ϙ, Ͳ, ͳ

Character [Catalan]

  1. middot, middle dot (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) Tags: diacritic Categories (topical): Catalan diacritical marks
    Sense id: en-·-ca-character-sYoEEhbG Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header

Punctuation [Chinese]

Head templates: {{head|zh|punctuation mark}} ·
  1. Separates first and last names in personal names transcribed into Chinese characters. Categories (topical): Chinese punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-·-zh-punct-ywXgMazg Disambiguation of Chinese punctuation marks: 46 6 17 13 18 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 51 3 13 15 18
  2. Separates the title of a literary work or collection from the title of a section.
    Sense id: en-·-zh-punct-p843xZPU
  3. Separates the name of a fixed melody or format from the title of a poem or song.
    Sense id: en-·-zh-punct-RIf8Mkp9
  4. Separates items in a list in titles.
    Sense id: en-·-zh-punct-rX-9dhoe
  5. 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.
    Sense id: en-·-zh-punct-lpn4A3cc

Punctuation [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|punctuation mark}} ·
  1. (neologism, often proscribed) Used in certain forms of gender-neutral writing either before or around the feminine suffix, to avoid both the use of the masculine as the default form and the verbosity of writing out both the masculine and feminine forms. Tags: neologism, often, proscribed Categories (topical): French punctuation marks, Feminism
    Sense id: en-·-fr-punct-IXQ7UDpL Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French neologisms

Character [Garo]

Head templates: {{head|grt|letter}} ·
  1. the raka Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-·-grt-character-Qic8hKcB Categories (other): Garo entries with incorrect language header

Punctuation [Greek]

Head templates: {{head|el|punctuation mark}} ·
  1. (grammar) raised point (άνω τελεία (áno teleía)) or Greek semicolon ( ; )) Categories (topical): Greek punctuation marks, Grammar
    Sense id: en-·-el-punct-mSN617Y2 Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Punctuation [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|punctuation mark}} ·
  1. Used to indicate a word boundary. Categories (topical): Latin punctuation marks Synonyms: 🙑,
    Sense id: en-·-la-punct-JqJyzeeD Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Symbol [Translingual]

Etymology: Use as a multiplication or product operator is usually attributed to German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol}} ·
  1. (mathematics) The product operator. Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: ×, *
    Sense id: en-·-mul-symbol-oSX3Y9aN Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (in a few countries, such as the UK) A decimal point. Synonyms (decimal point): ., ,
    Sense id: en-·-mul-symbol-Sro~YQTF Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 4 14 25 11 0 14 26 6 Disambiguation of 'decimal point': 1 74 5 2 0 3 12 3
  3. (mathematics, vectors) The dot product operator. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-·-mul-symbol-10TeMtHY Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 4 14 25 11 0 14 26 6 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (mathematics) Indicates what elements can vary. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-·-mul-symbol-erDi8Qfc Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 4 14 25 11 0 14 26 6 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. (Gregg shorthand) the letter a
    Sense id: en-·-mul-symbol-JiSQ5Eat
  6. (chemistry) Indicates addition compounds. Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-·-mul-symbol-aET~zNlf Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 4 14 25 11 0 14 26 6 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  7. See ・ for the middle dot used in Japanese katakana.
    Sense id: en-·-mul-symbol-T34cHBwF Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 4 14 25 11 0 14 26 6
  8. See ‧ for the hyphenation point.
    Sense id: en-·-mul-symbol-vhdKubUR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: apostrophe (alt: '; ’), curly brackets, brace (alt: { }) [US], square bracket, bracket (alt: [ ]) [US], colon (alt: :), comma (alt: ,), dash (alt: ‒; –; —; ―), ellipsis (alt: ), exclamation mark (alt: !), fraction slash (alt: ), guillemet (alt: « »; ‹ ›), hyphen (alt: -; ‐), interpunct (alt: ·), interrobang (alt: ) [rare], bracket, parentheses (US, Canada) (alt: ( )), full stop, period (alt: .) [Canada, US], question mark (alt: ?), quotation marks (alt: ‘ ’ ‚; „) [formal], quotation marks (alt: "; ') [informal] [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], semicolon (alt: ;), slash, stroke (alt: /) [UK], space (alt: ] [)

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          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Υ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "υ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Φ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "φ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Χ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "χ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Ψ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ψ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Ω"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ω"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ϝ"
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        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ϝ"
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          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ͷ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ͷ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ͱ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ͱ"
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          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ϻ"
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          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ϻ"
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          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ϙ"
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        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
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          "word": "ϙ"
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        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ͳ"
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          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ͳ"
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        {
          "sense": "diacritics",
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          "text": "《论语·子张》 [MSC, simp.]\n“Lúnyǔ Zǐzhāng” [Pinyin]",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Teenage Book Collection: Pride and Prejudice",
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          "text": "《青少年文库·傲慢与偏见》 [MSC, simp.]\n“Qīngshàonián Wénkù Àomàn yǔ Piānjiàn” [Pinyin]",
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          "text": "《水调歌头·明月几时有》 [MSC, simp.]\n“Shuǐdiào Gētóu Míngyuè Jǐshí Yǒu” [Pinyin]",
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        }
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        {
          "english": "January 28 Incident",
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        },
        {
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      "id": "en-·-zh-punct-lpn4A3cc",
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          "一一",
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          "一二",
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            "Sociology",
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        {
          "english": "female students and male students",
          "roman": "étudiantes et étudiants",
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        },
        {
          "english": "female students and male students",
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        "Used in certain forms of gender-neutral writing either before or around the feminine suffix, to avoid both the use of the masculine as the default form and the verbosity of writing out both the masculine and feminine forms."
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      "id": "en-·-fr-punct-IXQ7UDpL",
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        [
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      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "ε"
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ι"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Κ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "κ"
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "λ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Μ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "μ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Ν"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ν"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Ξ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ξ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Ο"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ο"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Π"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "π"
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ρ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Σ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "σ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ς"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "υ"
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "χ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Ψ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ψ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Ω"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ω"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ϝ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ϝ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ͷ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ͷ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ͱ"
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    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ͱ"
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    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ϻ"
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    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ϻ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ϙ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ϙ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ͳ"
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    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ͳ"
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      "sense": "diacritics",
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  ],
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}

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      ],
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        "middot, middle dot (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)"
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        "diacritic"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "punct",
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        {
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "《論語·子張》 [MSC, trad.]",
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          "text": "《论语·子张》 [MSC, simp.]\n“Lúnyǔ Zǐzhāng” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Teenage Book Collection: Pride and Prejudice",
          "ref": "《青少年文庫·傲慢與偏見》 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "《青少年文库·傲慢与偏见》 [MSC, simp.]\n“Qīngshàonián Wénkù Àomàn yǔ Piānjiàn” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Separates the title of a literary work or collection from the title of a section."
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        "punctuation"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "《水調歌頭·明月幾時有》 [MSC, trad.]",
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          "text": "《水调歌头·明月几时有》 [MSC, simp.]\n“Shuǐdiào Gētóu Míngyuè Jǐshí Yǒu” [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Separates the name of a fixed melody or format from the title of a poem or song."
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        "punctuation"
      ]
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    {
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          "text": "《天·地·人》",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Separates items in a list in titles."
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        "punctuation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "January 28 Incident",
          "roman": "yī-èrbā shìbiàn",
          "text": "一·二八事變/一·二八事变",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "9/11 attacks",
          "roman": "9-11 xíjī shìjiàn",
          "text": "9·11襲擊事件/9·11袭击事件",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Mukden Incident (lit. September 18 Incident)",
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        }
      ],
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        "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."
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        [
          "一",
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          "一一",
          "一一#Chinese"
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        [
          "一二",
          "一二#Chinese"
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}

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    }
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        "French lemmas",
        "French neologisms",
        "French proscribed terms",
        "French punctuation marks",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "fr:Feminism"
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        {
          "english": "female students and male students",
          "roman": "étudiantes et étudiants",
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        {
          "english": "female students and male students",
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        "Used in certain forms of gender-neutral writing either before or around the feminine suffix, to avoid both the use of the masculine as the default form and the verbosity of writing out both the masculine and feminine forms."
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        "(neologism, often proscribed) Used in certain forms of gender-neutral writing either before or around the feminine suffix, to avoid both the use of the masculine as the default form and the verbosity of writing out both the masculine and feminine forms."
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        "often",
        "proscribed"
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  ],
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}

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      "expansion": "·",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Garo",
  "lang_code": "grt",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Garo lemmas",
        "Garo letters"
      ],
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        "the raka"
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        [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "·"
}

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      "expansion": "·",
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    }
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  "pos": "punct",
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      "categories": [
        "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Greek lemmas",
        "Greek punctuation marks",
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        "raised point (άνω τελεία (áno teleía)) or Greek semicolon ( ; ))"
      ],
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        [
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          "grammar"
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        [
          "raised point",
          "raised point"
        ],
        [
          "άνω τελεία",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) raised point (άνω τελεία (áno teleía)) or Greek semicolon ( ; ))"
      ],
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        "punctuation"
      ],
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        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "·"
}

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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "·",
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    }
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  "pos": "punct",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin punctuation marks",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "c. 100 CE Roman inscription (image)",
          "text": "C[aius]·AVRELIVS / PARTꟵENIVS / ÓRNÁMENTꟾS·DEC[urionalibus] / HONÓRÁTVS·COL[oniae]·AVG[ustae] / NEMAVSꟾ·ꟾIIIIꟾVIR·AVG[ustalis] / COL[onia]·CÓPIA·CLAVD[ia]·AVG[usta]·LVGVD[uni] / ITEM·NÁRBÓNE·MÁRTIO / ET·FIR[ma]·IVL[ia]·SECVND[anorum] ARAVSIÓNE / ET·FORO·IVLIꟾ·PÁCÁTO / VBꟾQVE·GRÁTVITꟾS·HONÓRIBVS"
        }
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        "Used to indicate a word boundary."
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      ],
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        {
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}

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    "Translingual symbols"
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        "US"
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      "word": "bracket"
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      "word": "Canada)"
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      "alt": "‘ ’ ‚; „",
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        "formal"
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    {
      "alt": "\"; '",
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        "informal"
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        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
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    {
      "alt": ";",
      "word": "semicolon"
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      "word": "slash"
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    {
      "alt": "/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "word": "stroke"
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      "word": "space"
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        {
          "text": "7 · 8 = 56",
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        "sciences"
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          "text": "3·14, £1,234·99",
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        }
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        "in a few countries"
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "mul:Mathematics"
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        {
          "text": "(1,2,5) · (3,4,−1) = 6",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The dot product operator."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "vectors",
          "vectors"
        ],
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          "dot product",
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        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "vectors",
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        "(mathematics, vectors) The dot product operator."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "mul:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates what elements can vary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ]
      ],
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        "(mathematics) Indicates what elements can vary."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the letter a"
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        [
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          "a#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Gregg shorthand) the letter a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Translingual terms with usage examples",
        "mul:Chemistry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "BF₃·NH₃",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Indicates addition compounds."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) Indicates addition compounds."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "See ・ for the middle dot used in Japanese katakana."
      ],
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        [
          "・",
          "・"
        ],
        [
          "Japanese",
          "Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "katakana",
          "katakana"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "See ‧ for the hyphenation point."
      ],
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        [
          "‧",
          "‧"
        ]
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "decimal point",
      "word": "., ,"
    }
  ],
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    "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz"
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}

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