What ∿ means
It marks a repeating sine pattern.
A sine wave repeats a smooth rise and fall. Mathematician Aryabhata's half-chord tables date to around 500; a half-chord is half the line joining two points on a circle. Mathematician Hérigone used sin in a 1634 book. In an 1889 engineering paper, W. M. Mordey used a wave mark for a repeating cycle. On equipment, the AC symbol ∿ marks an input; check voltage and frequency. A straight line marks direct current.
Technical, mainly used in diagrams.
Check AC versus DC before connecting a supply.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Does every font show ∿?
No. A font without it may show a fallback shape or a missing-character box.
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Collections with ∿
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How to type or find ∿
- Search it as
- sine wave symbol · AC · tilde
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
∿CSS
\223FMicrosoft Word
Type 223F, then press AltX.
Linux hex input
With Unicode hex input enabled, press CtrlShiftU, type 223F, then Enter.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
∿
HTML hex
∿
CSS content
content: "\223F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%88%BF
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On screen
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Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.