raised dot

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raised dot

noun raised dots

Synonym of high point: · or · (the Greek punctuation mark used in place of a semicolon in English). In Greek the period and comma are the same as in English; the colon and semicolon are both represented by a raised dot (·); the question mark is represented by a semicolon.
Similar: high point
⸳ (the Ancient Greek punctuation mark, sitting between the height of the period and the height of the high point, used for a short pause). In UCS terms, the stigmē teleia is equivalent to U+00B7 the MIDDLE DOT (being at x-height vis-à-vis Greek and Coptic uncial), the hypostigmē is equivalent to U+002E the FULL STOP (being on the baseline), and the equivalent to the stigmē mesē is RAISED DOT proposed here. Note that the specific defini

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@misc{raised_dot_2026,
  title = {raised dot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raised%20dot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}