interpunct

Definition

The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.

Etymology

From Latin interpunctus, from inter- (“between, mid-”) + punctus (“point”).

Example Sentences

• "As is to be expected in every good inscription of the period, the interpunct is used regularly and systematically throughout to divide words from one another. As is usual, the interpunct is frequently omitted between a monosyllabic preposition and the noun that it governs, thus presumably indicating that the preposition was treated as a proclitic. [...] I feel certain that the interpunct used within compound verbs on the Ancyran text does not differ in any way from the interpunct normally used between words ; [...]."
• "An interpunct is a typographic glyph consisting of a vertically centered dot and used to indicated syllabic separation of words. Also called interpoint, middle dot or raised dot."