½

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½ U+00BD, ½
VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
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½

  1. (mathematics) One half
    • 1979 April 14, Larry Beerli, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
      Lonely GM seeking yng penpals to pass ½ century sentence.