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× U+00D7, ×
MULTIPLICATION SIGN
← Ö
 		Latin-1 Supplement Ø →
Character variations

✕ U+2715, ✕
MULTIPLICATION X
← ✔
 		Dingbats ✖ →
Text style Emoji style
✖︎ ✖️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
✖ U+2716, ✖
HEAVY MULTIPLICATION X
← ✕
 		Dingbats ✗ →

Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Glyph origin

Use as a multiplication sign is usually attributed to English mathematician William Oughtred.

Pronunciation

  • In English, the × symbol is usually read as times, but also as x (/ˈɛks/), timesed by, multiplied by or simply by (as in 4×4 or 2×4).
  • The collaboration sense uses to be read as the name of the letter x in the embedding language.
  • The biological hybrid sense likewise can be expressed as the name of the letter x, in English, as well as cross, by, a preceding hybrid species, silence, and by other solutions.
  • The sense "times", as in 2× as much soap, can be pronounced times or x.

Symbol

×

  1. (arithmetic) Multiplication.
    7 × 8 = 56
  2. (set theory, category theory) Cartesian product, categorical product.
    {1,2} × {3,4} = {(1,3),(1,4),(2,3),(2,4)}
  3. (linear algebra) Vector product, cross product.
    (1,2,5) × (3,4,−1) = (−22, 16, −2)
  4. (taxonomy) Used in various ways to indicate hybridization between two or more different taxa.
    Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora; Ursus maritimus × Ursus arctos
  5. (music, fashion, etc.) Used to denote collaboration in the design, execution or branding of a piece.
    Russ Millions × Tion Wayne
    BAPE × Stüssy
    • 2022 July 23, Gargi Harjai, “Where to buy the John Richmond × Playboy collection? Price, release date, and more explored”, in Sportskeeda‎ (in English):
  6. Used to denote the geometric dimensions of an object.
    The dimensions of the box are 60 cm × 60 cm × 52 cm.
  7. Times. (Often written x.)
    2× as much soap as a regular bottle!
    • 2011, Dmitry Telnov, Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea: Volume 1 (in German), →ISBN, page 204:
      Apikalglied nicht besonders lang, beim Männchen etwa doppelt so lang wie das vorletzte Glied. [...] Beine lang und schlank. Das Basalglied der Hintertarsen 1,3× so lang wie die restlichen Glieder zusammen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:×.

Synonyms

  • (multiplication): ·, *, x (now considered poor typography)

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “multiplication”): ÷, /
  • (vector): ·

Chinese

Particle

×

  1. Used to refer to something not specified. Usually read as 某 (mǒu).
    王×  ―  wáng mǒu  ―  Mr./Ms. Wang; someone surnamed Wang
  2. Used to replace offensive characters. Usually read as 叉 (chā).
    傻×  ―  shǎ chā  ―  stupid

Italian

Symbol

×

  1. the multiplication sign, read per
  2. a symbol sometimes used to stand for the preposition per

Japanese

Symbol

×(ばつ) or ×(バツ) • (batsu) 

  1. incorrect answer

×(ペケ) • (peke) 

  1. impossibility, futility

Antonyms

Russian

Symbol

×

  1. multiplication sign, usually read as умно́жить (umnóžitʹ).

Sylheti

Punctuation mark

×

  1. A rarely used punctuation mark like semicolon (;).
    ꠎꠦꠁꠝꠔꠦ ꠨ ꠡꠣꠘ꠆ꠍꠤꠟ ꠨ ꠖꠘ ꠨ ꠡꠦꠁ ꠨ ꠝꠔꠦ ꠨ ꠙꠣꠄ ×
    zeimote, śansilo, don, śei, mɔte, fae;
    the way, save, savings, that, way, get;

Turkish

Symbol

×

  1. multiplication sign
    7 × 8 = 56

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia