colon
punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots centered on the same vertical line
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colon
Summary
colon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (880 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- colon is a type of punctuation mark[2].
- colon is part of double colon[3].
- colon is used for path separator[4].
- colon is used for delimiter[5].
- colon's Commons category is recorded as Colons[6].
- colon's Unicode character is recorded as :[7].
- colon's Unicode character is recorded as ：[8].
- colon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
- colon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
- colon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- colon's different from is recorded as umlaut[12].
- colon's code is recorded as ---...[13].
- colon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
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Definition and Type
colon is a type of punctuation mark[2].
Use and Application
Recorded has use include path separator[4] and delimiter[5]. colon is part of double colon[3].
Influence
Things named for colon include Exodus: Gods and Kings[15], a film[16], directed by Ridley Scott[17].
Why It Matters
colon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (880 views/month).[1] colon has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] colon is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]
Entities named for colon include Exodus: Gods and Kings[15], a film[16], directed by Ridley Scott[17].