middle points

Noun

middle point (plural middle points)

1. The Ancient Greek punctuation mark ⸳, sitting between the height of the period and the height of the high point, used for a short pause.
   • A more regular system was developed in the schools of Alexandria, its invention being ascribed to Aristophanes of Byzantium (260 B.C.). This was the use of the full point with certain values in certain positions (θέσεις) : the high point (στιγμὴ τελεία), equivalent to a full stop; the point on the...1893, Edward M. Thompson, Handbook of Greek and Latin Palaeography, New York: D. Appleton and Co., page 70

   Synonyms:

   middle dot, raised dot