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×U+00D7,×
MULTIPLICATION SIGN
Ö
[U+00D6]
Latin-1 SupplementØ
[U+00D8]
Character variations

U+2715,✕
MULTIPLICATION X

[U+2714]
Dingbats
[U+2716]
Text styleEmoji style
✖︎✖️
Text style isforced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
U+2716,✖
HEAVY MULTIPLICATION X

[U+2715]
Dingbats
[U+2717]

Translingual

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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Glyph origin

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Use as a multiplication sign is usually attributed to English mathematicianWilliam Oughtred.

Pronunciation

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  • In English, the × symbol is usually read astimes, but also asx (/ˈɛks/),timesedby,multipliedby or simplyby (as in4×4 or2×4).
  • The collaboration sense uses to be read as the name of the letterx in the embedding language.
  • The biological hybrid sense likewise can be expressed as the name of the letterx, in English, as well ascross,by, a precedinghybrid species, silence, and by other solutions.
  • The sense "times", as in2× as much soap, can be pronouncedtimes orx.

Symbol

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×

  1. (arithmetic)Multiplication.
    7× 8 = 56
  2. (set theory, category theory)Cartesian product,categorical product.
    {1,2}× {3,4} = {(1,3),(1,4),(2,3),(2,4)}
  3. (linear algebra)Vector product,cross product.
    (1,2,5)× (3,4,−1) = (−22, 16, −2)
  4. (taxonomy)Used in various ways to indicatehybridization between two or more differenttaxa.
    Crocosmia× crocosmiiflora
    Ursus maritimus×Ursus arctos
    • 2012 July 19, “Rubus Diversity and Obscurity…Batology!”, inThe Fruit Nut[1] (in English):
      Another Rubus character of particular interest isR. ursinus× idaeus, or boysenberry. This is a complex hybrid which came about as a cross between European raspberry (R. idaeus), common blackberry (R. fruticosus), and loganberry (Rubus× loganobaccus). The hyrbid was originally developed during the late 1920’s in California by a farmer named Rudolph Boysen.
  5. (music, fashion, etc.)Used to denotecollaboration in thedesign,execution orbranding of a piece.
  6. Used to denote thegeometricdimensions of anobject.
    The dimensions of the box are 60 cm× 60 cm× 52 cm.
  7. Times.(Often writtenx.)
    2× as much soap as a regular bottle!
    • 2011, Dmitry Telnov,Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea: Volume 1 (in German),→ISBN, page204:
      Apikalglied nicht besonders lang, beim Männchen etwa doppelt so lang wie das vorletzte Glied. [...] Beine lang und schlank. Das Basalglied der Hintertarsen 1,3× so lang wie die restlichen Glieder zusammen.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, seeCitations:×.

Synonyms

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  • (multiplication):·,*,x(now considered poor typography)

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) ofmultiplication):÷,/

Related terms

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  • (vector):·

Chinese

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Particle

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×

  1. Used to refer to something not specified. Usually read as (mǒu).
    ×  ― wángmǒu  ―  Mr./Ms. Wang; someone surnamed Wang
  2. Used to replace offensive characters. Usually read as (chā).
    ×  ― shǎchā  ―  stupid[censored]

Italian

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Symbol

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×

  1. themultiplication sign, readper
  2. a symbol sometimes used to stand for the prepositionper

Japanese

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Symbol

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×(ばつ)or×(バツ) (batsu

  1. incorrect answer

×(ペケ) (peke

  1. impossibility,futility

Antonyms

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Russian

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Symbol

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×

  1. multiplication sign, usually read asумно́жить(umnóžitʹ).

Sylheti

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Punctuation mark

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×

  1. A rarely usedpunctuation mark likesemicolon (;).
    ꠎꠦꠁꠝꠔꠦꠡꠣꠘ꠆ꠍꠤꠟꠖꠘꠡꠦꠁꠝꠔꠦꠙꠣꠄ×
    zeimote, śansilo, don, śei, mɔte, fae;
    the way, save, savings, that, way, get;

Turkish

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Symbol

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×

  1. multiplication sign
    7× 8 = 56

Synonyms

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