"·" meaning in Translingual

See · in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Symbol

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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