Circled dot
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The circled dot, circumpunct, or circle with a point at its centre (☉) is a symbol featuring a circle with the middle marked with a dot.
It is an ancient symbol.
It can symbolize:
- The sun: See also Solar symbol
- A vector directed out of and orthogonal to the two-dimensional surface on which it is drawn (as opposed to Image:Earth symbol.png indicating a vector which is orthogonal and directed inwards with respect to the same surface; the two are antiparallel).
- Gold (Alchemy)
- Control of the passions (Freemasonry)
- City centre (European road-signs)
- Make a wish (Reading tea-leaves)
- Determined position (Navigation)
- The eye of God (Early Christian)
- End of trail. Gone home. (Scouting)
- Spirit (Chippewa Indian)
- Cup (Robert Shumaker's Orangutan symbol language), [1]
- In phonology, a click consonant
- The symbol of Brianism
- Can depict a stylized represenatation of an atom of hydrogen, the oldest, simplest and most abundant chemical element in the universe. (Fittingly, as hydrogen makes up most of the mass of Earth's sun, also represented by a circled dot.) As such, this symbol adorns the forehead of the fictional character Doctor Manhattan.
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