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division times

Division Times

⋇ has no single fixed arithmetic rule; a writer has to define how it works. Unicode links its ambiguous reading to multiplication and division, so do not assume the mark means either ordinary operation by itself. In LaTeX, use \divideontimes from amssymb.

Text symbol

Also called: divideontimes · divonx
Search it as: ambiguous math operator · LaTeX math symbol · multiplication or division sign
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ⋇ means

It has no one fixed arithmetic meaning. Unicode describes ⋇ as an ambiguous sign conflating multiplication and division. One possible reading is a multiplicative counterpart to ±: a choice between multiplying and dividing. A text may also define ⋇ as its own binary operation, a rule combining two inputs. The local definition decides which reading applies.

The related signs have separate histories: mathematician William Oughtred used × in a mathematics book published in 1631; Johann Rahn used ÷ for division in a 1659 algebra book; and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz advocated a dot for multiplication in a letter dated 1698. Those dates belong to those notations, not to ⋇.

Specialist mathematical notation; its operation depends on the definition in the text.

Define ⋇ before using it; readers cannot infer the operation.

Don't confuse it with

Plus-Minus Sign

± conventionally marks a choice between plus and minus. Treating ⋇ as its multiplicative counterpart is only one possible reading; the text must define it.

Questions people ask

Why does ⋇ look different in different fonts?

It can. Font designs make the overlapping strokes in ⋇ more or less distinct; use the surrounding definition to tell which operation is intended.

How to type ⋇

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType 22C7, then Alt+X to get ⋇.

Windows

Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).

macOS

Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “division times”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 22c7, then Enter or Space.

HTML

⋇

CSS

\22C7

LaTeX

Use \divideontimes after loading amssymb.

Word for Windows

Type 22C7, then press Alt+X to convert the hexadecimal Unicode value to ⋇.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

⋇

HTML hex

⋇

CSS content

content: "\22C7";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E2%8B%87

On screen

Code points

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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Maths & numbers1,835 symbols

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