Meaning of turned point | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.

obsolete

Examples

“The turned point⟳ (·, e.g. 3·5 ; used as decimal mark⟳ in England)”

“With a view⟳ of cheapening the cost⟳ of printing mathematical equations, and with a view⟳ to facilitating the reproduction of mathematical equations on the typewriter, the Concret Institute have⟳ recently suggested that those writers who employ⟳ :−(1) The high point⟳ as the decimal separatrix (example 3⋅7 = 3 + seven-tenths); (2) the middle point⟳ as the sign⟳ of multiplication (example m⋅r = m multiplied by r); (3) the low point⟳ as the sign⟳ of abbreviation (example B.H.P. = Brake horse power), may avoid⟳ the use⟳ of subscript letters, and write⟳ the qualifying letters on the line of printing :−Example, m = Es/Ec, where m = modular ratio, Es = elastic modulus of steel, Ec = elastic modulus of concrete. The high point⟳ (or turned point⟳) is the new British decimal point⟳. (See⟳ treatise by LEgros and Grand on Typographical Printing Surfaces.) The middle point⟳ is the usual sign⟳ of multiplication in American engineering text books and is also used in Germany. The low point⟳, or period, is the international sign⟳ of an abbreviated word.”

“Next comes: Le Elegie Romane of Gabriele D’Annunzio (Milano, Editrice Lombarda, 1905), in medium format. [...] The date⟳ is drawn ount: the initial L is two lines high, the U is represented by V; the turned point⟳ is used before the date⟳.”

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