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1 Translingual
2 Chinese
- 2.1 Particle
3 Italian
- 3.1 Symbol
4 Japanese
- 4.1 Symbol
  * 4.1.1 Antonyms
5 Russian
- 5.1 Symbol
6 Sylheti
- 6.1 Punctuation mark
7 Turkish
- 7.1 Symbol
  * 7.1.1 Synonyms

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

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.

(arithmetic) Multiplication.
7 × 8 = 56
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:×.
(set theory, category theory) Cartesian product, categorical product.
{1,2} × {3,4} = {(1,3),(1,4),(2,3),(2,4)}
(linear algebra) Vector product, cross product.
(1,2,5) × (3,4,−1) = (−22, 16, −2)
(taxonomy) Used in various ways to indicate hybridization between two or more different taxa.
Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora
Ursus maritimus × Ursus arctos
- 2012 July 19, “Rubus Diversity and Obscurity…Batology!”, in The Fruit Nut‎[1] (in English):
  Another Rubus character of particular interest is R. ursinus × idaeus, or boysenberry. This is a complex hybrid which came about as a cross between European raspberry (R. idaeus), common blackberry (R. fruticosus), and loganberry (Rubus × loganobaccus). The hyrbid was originally developed during the late 1920’s in California by a farmer named Rudolph Boysen.
(music, fashion, etc.) Used to denote collaboration in the design, execution or branding of a piece.
- 2022 July 23, Gargi Harjai, “Where to buy the John Richmond × Playboy collection? Price, release date, and more explored”, in Sportskeeda‎[2] (in English):
Used to denote the geometric dimensions of an object.
The dimensions of the box are 60 cm × 60 cm × 52 cm.
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.
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:×.

(multiplication): ·, *, x (now considered poor typography)
(antonym(s) of “multiplication”): ÷, /
(vector): ·

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

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

×(ばつ) or ×(バツ) • (batsu)

incorrect answer

×(ペケ) • (peke)

impossibility, futility

✓(チェックマーク)
(antonym(s) of “correct answer”):, ○(まるじるし) 丸(まる)印(じるし) (marujirushi)

multiplication sign, usually read as умно́жить (umnóžitʹ).

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;

multiplication sign
7 × 8 = 56

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