Division sign

"÷" redirects here. For the music album of this name, see ÷ (album). For the Tifinagh character, see ⴻ.
For other signs used for division, see Division (mathematics) § Notation.
÷
Division sign
In UnicodeU+00F7 ÷ DIVISION SIGN (÷, ÷)
Different from
Different fromU+2052 ⁒ COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN
U+002B + PLUS SIGN
U+2020 † DAGGER
U+034B ͋ COMBINING HOMOTHETIC ABOVE
Related
See alsoU+00D7 × MULTIPLICATION SIGN

The division sign (÷) is a mathematical symbol consisting of a short horizontal line with a dot above and another dot below, used in Anglophone countries to indicate the operation of division. This usage, though widespread in some countries, is not universal and the symbol has a different meaning in other countries. Its use to denote division is not recommended in the ISO 80000-2 standard for mathematical notation.[1]

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