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Mathematical Symbols

An A-Z Glossary of Mathematical Symbols

Symbols Used in Mathematics

Here is a list of mathematical symbols in alphabetical order. Click on the codes button to see the codes for the symbol or click on the link to see a fuller explanation and examples of use.
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X

There are no mathematical symbols starting with J, K, Y, or Z.

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B

  • Because (∵)
  • Between (≬)
  • Bowtie (⋈)

    • C

  • Character Tabulation with Justification (‰)
  • Circled Asterisk Operator (⊛)
  • Circled Dash (⊝)
  • Circled Division Slash (⊘)
  • Circled Dot Operator (⊙)
  • Circled Minus (⊖)
  • Circled Plus (⊕)
  • Circled Ring Operator (⊚)
  • Circled Times (⊗)
  • Clockwise Contour Integral (∲)
  • Clockwise Integral (∱)
  • Colon Equals (≔)
  • Complement (∁)
  • Contains As Member (∋)
  • Contains As Normal Subgroup (⊳)
  • Contains As Normal Subgroup or Equal To (⊵)
  • Contains with Long Horizontal Stroke (⋺)
  • Contains with Overbar (⋽)
  • Contains with Vertical Bar At End of Horizontal Stroke (⋻)
  • Contour Integral (∮)
  • Curly Logical And (⋏)
  • Curly Logical Or (⋎)

    • D

  • Degree Sign (°)
  • Delta Equal To (≜)
  • Diamond Operator (⋄)
  • Difference Between (≏)
  • Divides (∣)
  • Division Sign (÷)
  • Division Times (⋇)
  • Does Not Contain As Member (∌)
  • Does Not Contain As Normal Subgroup (⋫)
  • Does Not Contain As Normal Subgroup or Equal (⋭)
  • Does Not Divide (∤)
  • Does Not Force (⊮)
  • Does Not Precede (⊀)
  • Does Not Precede or Equal (⋠)
  • Does Not Prove (⊬)
  • Does Not Succeed (⊁)
  • Does Not Succeed or Equal (⋡)
  • Dot Minus (∸)
  • Dot Operator (⋅)
  • Dot Plus (∔)
  • Double Integral (∬)
  • Double Intersection (⋒)
  • Double Subset (⋐)
  • Double Superset (⋑)
  • Double Union (⋓)
  • Double Vertical Bar Double Right Turnstile (⊫)
  • Down Right Diagonal Ellipsis (⋱)
  • Down Tack (⊤)

    • E

  • Element Of (∈)
  • Element of with Dot Above (⋵)
  • Element of with Long Horizontal Stroke (⋲)
  • Element of with Overbar (⋶)
  • Element of with Two Horizontal Strokes (⋹)
  • Element of with Vertical Bar At End of Horizontal Stroke (⋳)
  • Empty Set (∅)
  • Equal and Parallel To (⋕)
  • Equal To or Precedes (⋞)
  • Equal To or Succeeds (⋟)
  • Equals Colon (≕)
  • Equals Sign (=)
  • Equiangular To (≚)
  • Equivalent To (≍)
  • Estimates (≙)

    • F

  • For All (∀)
  • Forces (⊩)

    • G

  • Geometric Proportion (∺)
  • Geometrically Equal To (≑)
  • Geometrically Equivalent To (≎)
  • Greater-Than But Not Equal To (≩)
  • Greater-Than But Not Equivalent To (⋧)
  • Greater-Than Equal To or Less-Than (⋛)
  • Greater-Than or Equal To (≥)
  • Greater-Than or Equivalent To (≳)
  • Greater-Than or Less-Than (≷)
  • Greater-Than Over Equal To (≧)
  • Greater-Than Sign (>)
  • Greater-Than with Dot (⋗)

    • H

  • Hermitian Conjugate Matrix (⊹)
  • Homothetic (∻)

    • I

  • Identical To (≡)
  • Image Of (⊷)
  • Image of or Approximately Equal To (≓)
  • Infinity (∞)
  • Integral (∫)
  • Intercalate (⊺)
  • Intersection (∩)
  • Inverted Lazy S (∾)

    • L

  • Latin Small Letter F with Hook (ƒ)
  • Left Ceiling (⌈)
  • Left Floor (⌊)
  • Left Normal Factor Semidirect Product (⋉)
  • Left Semidirect Product (⋋)
  • Left Tack (⊣)
  • Left-Pointing Angle Bracket (⟨)
  • Less-Than But Not Equal To (≨)
  • Less-Than But Not Equivalent To (⋦)
  • Less-Than Equal To or Greater-Than (⋚)
  • Less-Than or Equal To (≤)
  • Less-Than or Equivalent To (≲)
  • Less-Than or Greater-Than (≶)
  • Less-Than Over Equal To (≦)
  • Less-Than Sign (<)
  • Less-Than with Dot (⋖)
  • Logical And (∧)
  • Logical Or (∨)

    • M

  • Measured Angle (∡)
  • Midline Horizontal Ellipsis (⋯)
  • Minus Sign (−)
  • Minus Tilde (≂)
  • Minus-or-Plus Sign (∓)
  • Models (⊧)
  • Much Greater-Than (≫)
  • Much Less-Than (≪)
  • Multimap (⊸)
  • Multiplication Sign (×)
  • Multiset Multiplication (⊍)
  • Multiset Union (⊎)

    • N

  • Nabla (∇)
  • N-Ary Coproduct (∐)
  • N-Ary Intersection (⋂)
  • N-Ary Logical And (⋀)
  • N-Ary Logical Or (⋁)
  • N-Ary Product (∏)
  • N-Ary Summation (∑)
  • N-Ary Union (⋃)
  • Negated Double Vertical Bar Double Right Turnstile (⊯)
  • Neither a Subset of nor Equal To (⊈)
  • Neither a Superset of nor Equal To (⊉)
  • Neither Approximately nor Actually Equal To (≇)
  • Neither Greater-Than nor Equal To (≱)
  • Neither Greater-Than nor Equivalent To (≵)
  • Neither Greater-Than nor Less-Than (≹)
  • Neither Less-Than nor Equal To (≰)
  • Neither Less-Than nor Equivalent To (≴)
  • Neither Less-Than nor Greater-Than (≸)
  • Nor (⊽)
  • Normal Subgroup Of (⊲)
  • Normal Subgroup of or Equal To (⊴)
  • Not a Subset Of (⊄)
  • Not a Superset Of (⊅)
  • Not Almost Equal To (≉)
  • Not an Element Of (∉)
  • Not Asymptotically Equal To (≄)
  • Not Equal To (≠)
  • Not Equivalent To (≭)
  • Not Greater-Than (≯)
  • Not Identical To (≢)
  • Not Less-Than (≮)
  • Not Normal Subgroup Of (⋪)
  • Not Normal Subgroup of or Equal To (⋬)
  • Not Parallel To (∦)
  • Not Sign (¬)
  • Not Square Image of or Equal To (⋢)
  • Not Square Original of or Equal To (⋣)
  • Not Tilde (≁)
  • Not True (⊭)

    • O

  • Original Of (⊶)

    • P

  • Parallel To (∥)
  • Partial Differential (∂)
  • Per Ten Thousand Sign (‱)
  • Percent Sign (%)
  • Pitchfork (⋔)
  • Plus minus symbol (±)
  • Plus Sign (+)
  • Precedes (≺)
  • Precedes But Not Equivalent To (⋨)
  • Precedes or Equal To (≼)
  • Precedes or Equivalent To (≾)
  • Precedes Under Relation (⊰)
  • Proportion (∷)
  • Proportional To (∝)

    • Q

  • Questioned Equal To (≟)

    • R

  • Ratio (∶)
  • Reversed Tilde (∽)
  • Reversed Tilde Equals (⋍)
  • Right Angle (∟)
  • Right Angle with Arc (⊾)
  • Right Ceiling (⌉)
  • Right Floor (⌋)
  • Right Normal Factor Semidirect Product (⋊)
  • Right Semidirect Product (⋌)
  • Right Tack (⊢)
  • Right Triangle (⊿)
  • Right-Pointing Angle Bracket (⟩)
  • Ring Equal To (≗)
  • Ring In Equal To (≖)
  • Ring Operator (∘)

    • S

  • Set Minus (∖)
  • Sine Wave (∿)
  • Small Contains with Overbar (⋾)
  • Small Contains with Vertical Bar At End of Horizontal Stroke (⋼)
  • Small Element of with Overbar (⋷)
  • Small Element of with Vertical Bar At End of Horizontal Stroke (⋴)
  • Spherical Angle (∢)
  • Square Cap (⊓)
  • Square Cup (⊔)
  • Square Image Of (⊏)
  • Square Image of or Equal To (⊑)
  • Square Original Of (⊐)
  • Square Original of or Equal To (⊒)
  • Square Root (√)
  • Squared Dot Operator (⊡)
  • Squared Minus (⊟)
  • Squared Plus (⊞)
  • Squared Times (⊠)
  • Star Operator (⋆)
  • Subset Of (⊂)
  • Subset of or Equal To (⊆)
  • Subset of with Not Equal To (⊊)
  • Succeeds (≻)
  • Succeeds But Not Equivalent To (⋩)
  • Succeeds or Equal To (≽)
  • Succeeds or Equivalent To (≿)
  • Superscript One (¹)
  • Superscript Three (³)
  • Superscript Two (²)
  • Superset Of (⊃)
  • Superset of or Equal To (⊇)
  • Superset of with Not Equal To (⊋)
  • Surface Integral (∯)

    • T

  • There Does Not Exist (∄)
  • There Exists (∃)
  • Therefore (∴)
  • Tilde Operator (∼)
  • Triple Integral (∭)
  • Triple Tilde (≋)
  • Triple Vertical Bar Right Turnstile (⊪)
  • True (⊨)

    • U

  • Union (∪)
  • Up Right Diagonal Ellipsis (⋰)
  • Up Tack (⊥)

    • V

  • Vertical Ellipsis (⋮)
  • Very Much Greater-Than (⋙)
  • Very Much Less-Than (⋘)
  • Volume Integral (∰)

    • W

  • Wreath Product (≀)

    • X

  • Xor (⊻)

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    More about Mathematical Symbols

    Mathematics is a universal language that is used to describe and understand the intricacies of the universe. At the heart of this language are symbols, concise representations that convey specific meanings and ideas.

    Just as letters come together to form words in spoken languages, mathematical symbols combine to form expressions and equations, encapsulating intricate ideas in a compact form. The history of these symbols is as varied as their meanings; some have been in use for centuries while others have been introduced more recently to describe new discoveries and concepts. Whether you are a student, educator, researcher, or simply curious, this list of mathematical symbols will serve as a guide, shedding light on their meanings, origins, and applications.

    From the simple plus and minus signs to the more esoteric and complex, each symbol has its unique story and significance.