English Explanatory Dictionary

interpunct

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.
verb
  1. To place points between clauses, words or some letters.

Word forms

interpunct interpuncts interpuncting interpuncted

Etymology

From Latin interpunctus, from inter- (“between, mid-”) + punctus (“point”).

Synonyms

middot centered dot middle dot space dot interpoint decimal point come turned period turned point

Related words

interpunction interpuncting apostrophe curly brackets brace square bracket bracket colon comma dash ellipsis exclamation mark fraction slash guillemet hyphen interrobang parentheses (US Canada) full stop period question mark quotation marks semicolon slash stroke space
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