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Caesura Mark
The vertical bar, , is a glyph with various uses in mathematics, computing, and typography. It has many names, often related to particular meanings: Sheffer stroke (in mathematical logic, logic), pipe, bar, or (literally the word "or"), vbar, and others. Usage Mathematics The vertical bar is used as a table of mathematical symbols, mathematical symbol in numerous ways: * absolute value: , x, , read "the ''absolute value'' of ''x''" * cardinality: , S, , read "the ''cardinality'' of the set (mathematics), set ''S''" * conditional probability: P(X, Y), reads "the probability of ''X'' ''given'' ''Y''" * determinant: , A, , read "the ''determinant'' of the Matrix (mathematics), matrix ''A''". When the matrix entries are written out, the determinant is denoted by surrounding the matrix entries by vertical bars instead of the usual brackets or parentheses of the matrix, as in \begin a & b \\ c & d\end. * distance: P, ab, denoting the shortest ''distance'' between point P to line ab, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chōonpu
The , also known as , , , or Katakana-Hiragana Prolonged Sound Mark by the Unicode Consortium, is a Japanese typographic symbols, Japanese symbol that indicates a ''chōon'', or a long vowel of two mora (linguistics), morae in length. Its form is a horizontal or vertical line in the center of the text with the width of one kanji or kana character. It is written horizontally in yokogaki, horizontal text and vertically in tategaki, vertical text (). The chōonpu is usually used to indicate a long vowel sound in katakana writing, rarely in hiragana writing, and never in Romanization of Japanese, romanized Japanese. The ''chōonpu'' is a distinct mark from the dash, and in most Japanese typefaces it can easily be distinguished. In horizontal writing it is similar in appearance to, but should not be confused with, the kanji character ("one"). The symbol is sometimes used with hiragana, for example in the signs of ramen restaurants, which are normally written /らあめん in hiraga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
