Also known as U+00F7, DIVISION SIGN, division symbol, obelus, obell, obeli
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Key facts
- Symbol.mark
- ÷ † ⁒ ⸓
- Symbol.name
- Modern forms of the obelus
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Use in text annotation
- In mathematics
- See also
- References
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An obelus (plural: obeluses or obeli) is a historical annotation mark in codicology that has come to have three distinct modern forms, meanings and typographical uses: Division sign Dagger Commercial minus sign (limited geographical area of use)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “÷” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.