interpunct
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An interpunct ', also known as an interpoint, middle dot, middot, or centered 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 800CE.) It appears in a variety of uses in some modern languages.
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- ⋅
- Symbol.name
- Multiplication dot
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- In written language
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- Latin
- Franco-Provençal
- French
- Occitano-Romance
- Catalan
- Gascon
- Greek
- Old Irish
- Ethiopic
- Tibetan
- Chinese
- Hokkien
- Japanese
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- Runes
- In mathematics and science
- {{anchor|Letter}}The middot as a letter
- Similar symbols
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An interpunct ', also known as an interpoint, middle dot, middot, or centered 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 800CE.) It appears in a variety of uses in some modern languages.
The multiplication dot' or "dot operator" is frequently used in mathematical and scientific notation, and it may differ in appearance from the interpunct.