middle dots

Noun

middle dot (plural middle dots)

1. Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.

   Synonyms:

   interpunct

2. Synonym of middle point ⟨⸳⟩.
   • The Greek manuscripts of later date show a system more like that now employed. About the ninth century the comma appears to denote the slight pause, while the high dot (·) indicates a colon or semicolon, and the full stop is denoted by a larger dot or double dot and a space. A little later the...1930, Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams, The New International Encyclopaedia, volume 19, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 374

   Synonyms:

   middle point