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See also: º [U+00BA MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR], [U+2070 SUPERSCRIPT ZERO], [U+1D52 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL O], ◌̊, [U+25E6 WHITE BULLET], and Appendix:Variations of "o"

° U+00B0, °
DEGREE SIGN
¯
[U+00AF]
Latin-1 Supplement ±
[U+00B1]

Translingual

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Description

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A small circle, to be placed at the top of the line.

Symbol

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°

  1. degree of temperature
  2. degree, as used in angle or arc measure
    1. degree of latitude or longitude
  3. hour of time
  4. rod (unit of measure)
  5. See º for the masculine ordinal number indicator.
  6. (phonetics) See ˚ and ◌̊ for the ring, a diacritical mark.
  7. (music) diminished

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Translations

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French

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°

  1. (biography and genealogy) denoting birth, born
    Synonym: *
    Antonym: +
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  • (°) (born outside wedlock)
  • °+ (stillborn)

Further reading

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  • “Symboles de généalogie”, in Geneawiki[1], 2023 November 13 (last accessed), Sigles en généalogie

Latin

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°

  1. (biography and genealogy) denoting birth, born
    Synonym: *
    Antonym: