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A dagger (†, †, U+2020) is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is also called an obelus or obelos, from a Greek word meaning "roasting spit" or "needle", or obelisk, its diminutive (see obelisk). A double dagger (‡, ‡, U+2021) is a variant with two "handles", and is also called a diesis or Cross of Lorraine. Justice are a French electro house duo consisting of Gaspard Augé (b. ... † is an album by the French group Justice first released on June 11, 2007. ... Double Dagger are a post-hardcore trio from Baltimore, Maryland. ... Unicode is an industry standard designed to allow text and symbols from all of the writing systems of the world to be consistently represented and manipulated by computers. ... variant glyphs representing the character a (allographs of a) in the Zapfino typeface. ... Obelism is the practice of annotating manuscripts with marks set in the margins. ... A diminutive is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment. ... The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris For other uses, see Obelisk (disambiguation). ... Cross of Lorraine The Cross of Lorraine, ‡, is a heraldic cross. ...

The symbol was first used in liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church, marking a minor intermediate pause in the chanting of Psalm verses (the major intermediate pause was marked with an asterisk) or the point at which the chanting of the Psalm was taken up after an introductory antiphon whose words were identical with the opening words of the Psalm. A liturgy is the customary public worship of a religious group, according to their particular traditions. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Roman Catholic Church...

The dagger is used to indicate a footnote, in the same way an asterisk is. However, the dagger is only used as a second footnote when an asterisk is already used. Third footnote employs the double daggers. Additional footnotes are somewhat inconsistent and represented by a variety of symbols, e.g., parallels (||) and the pilcrow (¶), some of which are nonexistent in early modern typography. Partly due to this, in modern literature, superscript numerals are used in the place of pictorial symbols. Some texts use asterisks and daggers alongside superscripts, using the former for per-page footnotes and the latter for endnotes. A footnote is a note of text placed at the bottom of a page in a book or document. ... This article refers to the typographical symbol. ... A pilcrow from the font Gentium, designed by J. Victor Gaultney, 2002. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... This article is about the term superscript as used in typography. ... A numeral is a symbol or group of symbols that represents a number. ... An EndNote library and an individual reference. ...

The dagger should not be confused with the "box drawings light vertical and horizontal" (┼, U+253C) Box drawing characters are widely used in text user interfaces to draw various frames and boxes. ... Box drawing characters are widely used in text user interfaces to draw various frames and boxes. ... Unicode is an industry standard designed to allow text and symbols from all of the writing systems of the world to be consistently represented and manipulated by computers. ...

Sometimes it is replaced in ASCII by a plus sign (+). Image:ASCII fullsvg There are 95 printable ASCII characters, numbered 32 to 126. ... Addition is one of the basic operations of arithmetic. ...

Since it also represents the Christian cross, in certain predominantly Christian regions, the mark is used in a text before or after the name of a deceased person or the date of death, as in Christian grave headstones. For this reason, it should not be used as a footnote mark next to the name of a living person. Generally, the symbol should only be used in this fashion for people who were Christians.^[1] The traditional form of the Western Christian cross, known as the Latin cross. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Note that this article includes some hyperlinked dates whose format is configurable in Special pages | Preferences. What you see may not be what the author intended. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ancient unreadable gravestones mark the position of graves in the parish churchyard at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England A grave is a place where the body of a dead animal, generally human, is buried, often after a funeral. ...

In European railway timetables, the dagger (Christian cross) is frequently used as a conventional sign meaning "Sundays and holidays". A timetable is an organized list or schedule, usually set out in tabular form, providing information about a series of arranged events: in particular, the time at which it is planned these events will take place. ...

On the London Underground, the dagger symbol is used as "points to remember".

In taxonomic nomenclature, the dagger symbol is used to denote extinct taxa. Look up taxonomy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A taxon (plural taxa) is an element of a taxonomy, e. ...

In Mathematics and, more often, Physics, a dagger is used to denote the Hermitian adjoint of an operator; for example, A^† denotes the adjoint of A. This notation is sometimes replaced with an asterisk, especially in Mathematics. An operator is said to be Hermitian if A^† = A. Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density Physics (Greek: (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the branch of science concerned with the discovery and characterization of universal laws which govern matter, energy, space, and time. ... In mathematics, specifically in functional analysis, each linear operator on a Hilbert space has a corresponding adjoint operator. ... This article refers to the typographical symbol. ...

In textual criticism, and hence some editions of dated texts, daggers are used to enclose disputed text. Carmina Cantabrigiensia, Manuscript C, folio 436v, 11th century Textual criticism or lower criticism is a branch of philology or bibliography that is concerned with the identification and removal of errors from texts and manuscripts. ...

In chess notation, the dagger may be suffixed to a move to signify the move resulted in a check, and a double dagger is used to denote checkmate. This is a stylistic variation on the more common '+' (plus sign) for a check and '++' (double plus) or '#' (number sign) for checkmate. Chess notation is the term for systems that record the moves made during a game of chess and several have been developed. ...

In chemistry, the double dagger is used to indicate a transition state molecule. Chemistry - the study of atoms, made of nuclei (conglomeration of center particles) and electrons (outer particles), and the structures they form. ... The transition state of a chemical reaction is a particular configuration along the reaction coordinate. ...

On a cricket scorecard or team list, the dagger indicates the team's wicket-keeper[1] Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ...

Dagger and double-dagger symbols in a variety of fonts, showing the differences between stylized and non-stylized characters

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Trivia

• The names of the comic-book heroes Astérix and Obélix come from a pun on the French names of the asterisk and the obelisk.
• Double Dagger is a post-punk band, formed by two graphic designers, whose name comes from the typographic symbol.

A shrewd, cunning little warrior; all perilous missions are immediately entrusted to him. ... Obelix Obelix (originally Obélix) is a character, a sidekick with superhuman strength in the Asterix comic books. ... This article refers to the typographical symbol. ... The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris For other uses, see Obelisk (disambiguation). ... Double Dagger are a post-hardcore trio from Baltimore, Maryland. ...

References

1. ^ (2002) Oxford Manual of Style. Oxford University Press.