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Appendix:Variations of "=" 二 ⸗
⁼ ₌ ﹦ = 🟰
Translingual
Description
Two parallel horizontal lines.
Glyph origin
In the modern sense as the equal sign, first attested in The Whetstone of Witte The whetstone of witte, whiche is the seconde parte of Arithmetike: containyng thextraction of Rootes: The Coßike practise, with the rule of Equation: and the woorkes of Surde Nombers (1557) by Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde, in which the two parallel lines expressed equality, as Recorde wrote, "bicauſe noe .2. thynges, can be moare equalle" ("because no two things can be more equal").
Symbol
mul symbol
mul Q214796 mul math The equal sign. It asserts that two quantities or expressions have the same value.
2+2=4
mul math computing theory abuse of notation with big O notation Is. Used to state the relation that the growth rate of the expression on the left side of the sign is bounded or limited by that of the expression on the right.
mul ∈ ⊂ ⊆ (depending on context)
The statement means that as gets arbitrarily large, will never grow faster than some constant multiple of .
mul chemistry A double bond; a chemical bond between two chemical elements involving four bonding electrons instead of the usual two.
mul programming The assignment operator. It assigns a value to a variable.
$price=18.95 (this causes $price to be 18.95 from now on)
mul programming An operator that compares if two values are equal. In some languages, == is used instead.
mul lexicography The same form as the headword.
sheep pl. =
mul lexicography Indicates synonyms of a word.
mul linguistics Indicates a clitic boundary.
Usage notes
When used in big O notation, the mul relation is asymmetric i.e. is not equivalent to . For a wider discussion on this usage, refer to this English Wikipedia article.
Quotations
mul
Synonyms
assignment mul \:, mul ≔, mul ←
compares if equal mul, mul ⩵
Antonyms
equals mul ≠
Derived terms
mul != ≠ ≗ ≘ ≙ ≚ ≛ ≜ ≝ ≞ ≟ ≡ ⩰
Conjunction
mul conjunction
mul informal The same as; equal to.
mul A wireless keyboard = a keyboard without a wire.
mul Vulpes vulpes = red fox.
en mul 2023 Laws of Chess https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 2022 21 w:FIDE For the abbreviation of the name of the pieces, each player is free to use the name which is commonly used in his/her country. Examples: F = fou (French for bishop), L = loper (Dutch for bishop). In printed periodicals, the use of figurines is recommended. https://web.archive.org/web/20250316122506/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 16 March 2025 17 June 2025
Quotations
mul
Antonyms
equals mul ≠
See also
mul - ~
mul Related symbols from U+2242–U+2269 ≂ ≃ ≄ ≅ ≆ ≇ ≈ ≉ ≊ ≋ ≌ ≍ ≎ ≏ ≐ ≑ ≒ ≓ ≔ ≕ ≖ ≗ ≘ ≙ ≚ ≛ ≜ ≝ ≞ ≟ ≠ ≡ ≢ ≣ ≤ ≥ ≦ ≧ ≨ ≩
Japanese
Particle
particle イコール
ja informal ja イコール ikōru equals, is equal to
Symbol
symbol
ja ゠
Latin
Symbol
la symbol
Symbol for sextans.
Swedish
Symbol
sv symbol
sv sv SAB classification system Specifying a language division of the aforementioned topic.
sv Vkc=e Tooth pathology in English
sv Ihq=kq Art in advertisment in American Spanish
Usage notes
The language code is determined based on the extension letters from Fb to Få under SAB's F (Linguistics). For example, Fe stands for English linguistics, so =e indicates that the language is English.
sv Library science