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Interpunct
An interpunct ( · ), also known as an interpoint, middle dot, middot, and centered dot ( centred dot), is a punctuation mark consisting of a vertically centered dot used for interword separation in ancient Latin script. (Word-separating spaces did not appear until some time between 600 and 800.) It appears in a variety of uses in some modern languages and is present in Unicode as code point .
The multiplication dot ( or ), whose glyphs are similar or identical to the interpunct, is a multiplication sign optionally used instead of the styled ×: is equivalent to or "a times b". The same sign is also used in vector multiplication to discriminate between the scalar product () and the vector cross product () or exterior product (). As a multiplication operator, it is also encountered in symbols for compound units such as the newton-meter (N∙m or ). The multiplication dot is a separate Unicode character (U+22C5), but is often silently replaced by the interpunct or bullet ().
==In written language==
Various dictionaries often use the interpunct (in this context, sometimes called hyphenation point) to indicate syllabification within a word with multiple syllables. There is also a separate Unicode character, .
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