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Circled dot
The
circled dot
,
circumpunct
, or
circle
with a point at its centre
is an ancient symbol. It can represent:
;Solar system
Solar symbol used to
represent
the Sun
The sun
/
Gold
The sun / Ra
The sun /
a day
;Religion and philosophy
Keter
Spirit
Monism
;Language and linguistics
Bilabial clicks
ʘ
Hwair
?
Berber languages
ⵙ
Tha
?
Eye
Fisheye ◉
Circled
dot operator
⊙, and n-ary circled dot operator
⨀
A brief contact of the signing
hand
in
SignWriting
An indication of selected choice of
radio buttons
;Other uses
A
nazar
is a circled-dot-shaped amulet believed to protect against
the evil eye
Center of pressure
Mensuration sign
for 9/8 meter
?
Used, or cancelled, stamp
The
trademark
of the
Target Corporation
As a symbol of the phallus or nature's
generative principle
and of an
Entered Apprentice
Freemason
City centre
End of trail / End of
the game
. Gone home.
The Symbol
of "Waterhole" in the Australian Aboroginies Symbol resembles the Circumpunct
In Germany it is symbol for a "Gestempelte Briefmarke", while
a star
means "postfrisch"
In geometry, it is often the symbol for a circle
In physics, it can be used to denote a
vector
facing
out of the page
In mathematics, especially in literature related to
machine learning
, it is used to denote
element-wise multiplication