Language scripts or transcription schemes that use the dot above a letter as a diacritical mark:
In mathematics and physics, when using Newton's notation the dot denotes the time derivative as in v = x ˙ {\displaystyle v={\dot {x}}} . In addition, the overdot is one way used to indicate an infinitely repeating set of numbers in decimal notation, as in 0. 3 ˙ {\displaystyle 0.{\dot {3}}} , which is equal to the fraction 1⁄3, and 0. 1 ˙ 4 ˙ 2 ˙ 8 ˙ 5 ˙ 7 ˙ {\displaystyle 0.{\dot {1}}{\dot {4}}{\dot {2}}{\dot {8}}{\dot {5}}{\dot {7}}} or 0. 1 ˙ 4285 7 ˙ {\displaystyle 0.{\dot {1}}4285{\dot {7}}} , which is equal to 1⁄7.
"Ị" redirects here and is not to be confused with exclamation mark.
The diacritics 〮 and 〯 , known as Bangjeom (방점; 傍點), were used to mark pitch accents in Hangul for Middle Korean. They were written to the left of a syllable in vertical writing and above a syllable in horizontal writing.
In Unicode, the dot is encoded at:
and at:
There is also:
Pre-composed characters:
United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (2007). Technical reference manual for the standardization of geographical names (PDF). New York: United Nations. p. 169. ISBN 978-92-1-161500-5. 978-92-1-161500-5 ↩