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== Translingual == === Description === Two vertically-aligned dots. === Etymology === A simplification of the punctus elevatus, ⟨⹎⟩. === Symbol === : (mathematics) division Alternative form: ∶ (U+2236 RATIO) === Punctuation mark === : (English name colon) Introduces a quotation. Mary gave advice to her children: a stitch in time saves nine. Patient: Is there a doctor in here? Introduces a sentence with the role of apposition with respect to the previous one. Introduces the logical consequence, or effect, of a fact stated before. There was only one possible explanation: the train had never arrived Separation of clauses in a periodic sentence. Separates hours, minutes, and seconds when reporting time. Synonym: . Separates numbers in a ratio. Alternative form: ∶ (U+2236 RATIO) Separation of a title and the corresponding subtitle. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope In an analogy, is to, linking two or more words or phrases. (information science) Separate elements of a bibliographic reference, such as chapter and verses of the bible, or volumes and pages of a work. John 3:14–16 (or John III:14–16) (networking) Separates an IPv6 address into groups of four hexadecimal digits. 2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:ff00:0042:8329 (Internet) With other text, denotes the start of a string to be replaced by a pictorial emoticon. Used after a letter as a nonstandard representation of an umlaut or diaeresis, when technical limitations prevent the use of one. (taxonomy) Separates different levels of an abbreviated taxonomy. (music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, which marks the place which splits a verse in two, corresponding to the central double barline in a two-part chant (unless otherwise indicated by ‖). Coordinate terms: |, ', *, ⋅, —, ‖, † Used in : :. For the IPA triangular colon symbol, which marks long vowels, see ː. For the "modifier colon" symbol, used in some languages for long vowels, see ꞉. For the Armenian full stop, see ։. For the Hebrew and Aramaic punctuation mark which marks the end of a passage, see ׃. For the six-dot Braille characters consisting of two vertically-aligned dots, see ⠃, ⠅, ⠆, ⠘, ⠨, ⠰. For the eight-dot Braille extension characters consisting of two vertically-aligned dots, see ⡁, ⡂, ⡄, ⢈, ⢐, ⢠. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Unsupported titles/:. ==== Related terms ==== (diacritical mark): ', " (mathematics): ÷ ==== See also ==== Colon (punctuation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Punctuation === Symbol === : (computing) Indicates a storage or media drive letter (with or without path). (networking) Separates the parts of an IPv6 address. 2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:ff00:0042:8329 (Internet) Represents two eyes vertically aligned, in order to form emoticons. ==== See also ==== : == Finnish == === Punctuation mark === : Connects a suffix or clitic to a number, abbreviation, initialism or individual letter. ==== Usage notes ==== If a numeric expression consists of a number and a headword which indicates the case, the numeral is written without the case suffix: If a numeric expression consists of a number and a headword, and the numeral is in nominative singular, the headword is in partitive singular (base case), and the headword is an abbreviation, the partitive case is not indicated: If an abbreviation or initialism is read as a word (as opposed to letter by letter), the colon is not used: == Latin == === Punctuation mark === : (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Used to mark abbreviations. 1686, John Riley, portrait of Bridget Holmes (image), inscription at the bottom left corner: BRİDGET. HOLMES / ETA:S SUÆ: 96 / A:D:1686:· BRIDGET. HOLMES / ETA[TI]S SUAE 96 / A[NNO] D[OMINI] 1686:· 1756 January 28, Leopold Lamprecht, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s baptismal record (image) 1817, sovereign (British coin), obverse inscription (image) (Old Latin) A word divider. ==== Synonyms ==== (word boundary): ] [, ·, ⁝ === References === Gavinelli, Simona (2020), “Early Carolingian: Italy”, in The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography, →ISBN, pages 268–9 == Northern Sami == === Punctuation mark === : Connects a suffix or clitic to a number, abbreviation, initialism or individual letter. Filbma lea čájehuvvon TV:s. ― The film has been shown on TV. Mis lea šiehtadus NSR:in. ― We have an agreement with the NSR [the Norwegian Sámi Association]. Son riegádii 1998:s. ― She was born in 1998. Goas almmuhii son CD:a? ― When did he release the CD? == Swedish == === Punctuation mark === : Connects a suffix or clitic to a number, abbreviation or initialism. EU:s vinmarknad ― the EU's wine market Tv:n är trasig. ― The TV is broken. den 13:e mars ― March the 13th två vd:ar ― two CEOs Marks the contraction of a word, separating the beginning and end (first and last letter, replacing the period of a standard abbreviation in front of an ending) c:a 50 mil (cirka) ― c. 50 miles (circa) Vårdsnäs k:a (kyrka) ― Vårdsnäs ch. (church) S:t Petersburg (Sankt) ― St. Petersburg (Saint) Kungl. Maj:ts resolution (Majestäts) ― H.M. resolution (His Majesty's) (a government decree) bibliografi till förf:s 60-årsdag (författarens, standard abbreviation förf.) ― bibliography to the auth.'s 60th anniversary (author's) === Symbol === : (SAB) Indicates a subdivision by aspect or discipline within the subject indicated by the preceding class. C:do ― the psychology of religion (religion C subdivided by aspect: psychology do) F:k ― the history of linguistics (linguistics F subdivided by aspect: history k)