See also: Appendix:Variations of "x"
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Character variations
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Translingual
editGlyph origin
editUse as a multiplication sign is usually attributed to English mathematician William Oughtred.
Pronunciation
edit- In English, the × symbol is usually read as times, but also as x (/ˈɛks/), timesed by, multiplied by or simply by (as in 4×4 or 2×4).
- The collaboration sense uses to be read as the name of the letter x in the embedding language.
- The biological hybrid sense likewise can be expressed as the name of the letter x, in English, as well as cross, by, a preceding hybrid species, silence, and by other solutions.
- The sense "times", as in 2× as much soap, can be pronounced times or x.
Symbol
edit×
- (arithmetic) Multiplication.
- 7 × 8 = 56
- (set theory, category theory) Cartesian product, categorical product.
- {1,2} × {3,4} = {(1,3),(1,4),(2,3),(2,4)}
- (linear algebra) Vector product, cross product.
- (1,2,5) × (3,4,−1) = (−22, 16, −2)
- (taxonomy) Used in various ways to indicate hybridization between two or more different taxa.
- (music, fashion, etc.) Used to denote collaboration in the design, execution or branding of a piece.
- 2022 July 23, Gargi Harjai, “Where to buy the John Richmond × Playboy collection? Price, release date, and more explored”, in Sportskeeda[1] (in English):
- Used to denote the geometric dimensions of an object.
- The dimensions of the box are 60 cm × 60 cm × 52 cm.
- Times. (Often written x.)
- 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, page 204:
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:×.
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editRelated terms
edit- (vector): ·
Chinese
editParticle
edit×
- Used to refer to something not specified. Usually read as 某 (mǒu).
- 王× ― wáng mǒu ― Mr./Ms. Wang; someone surnamed Wang
- Used to replace offensive characters. Usually read as 叉 (chā).
- 傻× ― shǎ chā ― stupid [censored]
Italian
editSymbol
edit×
- the multiplication sign, read per
- a symbol sometimes used to stand for the preposition per
Japanese
editSymbol
edit- incorrect answer
Antonyms
editRussian
editSymbol
edit×
- multiplication sign, usually read as умно́жить (umnóžitʹ).
Sylheti
editPunctuation mark
edit×
- A rarely used punctuation mark like semicolon (;).
Turkish
editSymbol
edit×
- multiplication sign
- 7 × 8 = 56
Synonyms
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- mul:Arithmetic
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- mul:Linear algebra
- mul:Taxonomy
- mul:Music
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