"section sign" meaning in English

See section sign in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: section signs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} section sign (plural section signs)
  1. The symbol §, used to refer to a particular section of a document, such as a legal code. Wikipedia link: section sign Translations (typographical character marking sections): Paragraphenzeichen [neuter] (German), 節記号 (setsu kigō) (alt: せつきごう) (Japanese), зүйлийн тэмдэг (züjliin temdeg) (Mongolian), paragraftecken [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-section_sign-en-noun-XrqoIw48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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