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Per sign

Per sign

Symbol used to indicate a ratio

The per sign ⅌ is a rare symbol used to indicate a ratio. In English, it can replace the word "per" in phrases such as miles per hour ("miles ⅌ hour").[1][2]

Quick Facts ⅌, In Unicode ...
Not to be confused with Percent sign or Weierstrass elliptic function.
The symbol used in an English book from 1837

Unicode

The Unicode code point is U+214C ⅌ PER SIGN. The symbol does not appear in the ASCII set.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Additional information on the Per sign", pages 3 and 4 of "Additional Mathematical and Letterlike Characters"
  2. [2]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 1 April 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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