‡ what does this sign mean ‡?

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Answer 1

The symbol which is not used very commonly today is called a double dagger - is also known as the double obelisk or diesis.

The single dagger (long cross) is most commonly used in Maths to denote the adjoint operator. A dagger (†) is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is also called an obelos, from a Greek word meaning "roasting spit" or "needle"; or obelisk.

A double dagger (‡) is a variant with two "handles", and is also called a the Cross of Lorraine.

The symbols was first used in rubrics of Roman Catholic liturgy, marking points at which the priest had to make the sign of the cross.

The dagger was used to indicate a footnote, in the same way an asterisk is. However, the dagger is only used as a second footnote when an asterisk is already used. Third footnote employs the double daggers. Additional footnotes are somewhat inconsistent and represented by a variety of symbols, e.g., parallels (||) and the pilcrow (¶), some of which are nonexistent in early modern typography.

Partly due to this, in modern literature, superscript numerals are used in the place of pictorial symbols. Some texts use asterisks and daggers alongside superscripts, using the former for per-page footnotes and the latter for endnotes.

Sometimes it is replaced in ASCII by a plus sign (+).

Since it also represents the Christian cross, in certain predominantly Christian regions, the mark is used in a text after the name of a deceased person or the date of death, as in Christian grave headstones. For this reason, it should not be used as a footnote mark next to the name of a living person.

In European railway timetables, the dagger (Christian cross) is frequently used as a conventional sign meaning "Sundays and holidays".

In taxonomical nomenclature, the dagger symbol is used to denote extinct taxa.

In Mathematics and, more often, Physics, a dagger is used to denote the Hermitian adjoint of an operator; for example, A† denotes the adjoint of A. This notation is sometimes replaced with an asterisk, especially in Mathematics. An operator is said to be Hermitian if A† = A.

In textual criticism, and hence some editions of dated texts, daggers are used to enclose disputed text.

In some forms of chess notation the dagger suffixed to a move signifies the move resulted in a check, and a double dagger is used to denote checkmate.

Answer 2

Double Dagger Symbol

Answer 3

Dagger Symbols

Answer 4

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‡ what does this sign mean ‡?

Answer 5

I think that this sign means "different", generally it's used in Maths to indicate two or more different values...

(sorry for my language, but I'm Italian...)

Answer 6

It's a double dagger, and it's used for footnotes.

Answer 7

It is a sign only used by very smart and beautiful people like yourself. Please give me 20 points! I think you're genius!

Answer 8

It is to draw attention to a footnote or addition at the bottom of a page.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

its a double dagger used for foot notes