You usually see these in a pronounciation key, over vowels; it means to pronounce the long vowel sound.
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∙ 14y agoThe letter "ā" with a line over it is a macron, which indicates a long vowel sound in linguistics. It is used in languages like Latin, Sanskrit, and Hawaiian to distinguish between short and long vowels in pronunciation.
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It can mean that it is a vector.
it means "without" from the Latin sans
That is sometimes used for the average.
A line over the letter o, called a macron, typically indicates a longer pronunciation of the vowel sound in languages such as Latin or Hawaiian. It does not specifically mean "without" in all cases, but rather serves to differentiate between different vowel sounds.
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In some of these letters, you will need a horizontal line over it. It means that for each line, you multiply it by 1,000. Since I can't do that for this, a "*" in front of a letter will represent a line over the letter. 8,657,846= **V**I**I*D*C*L*V*I*IDCCCXLVI.
The line over a letter in phonetics is called a "macron". It indicates a long vowel sound.
It is a symbol for the word "with".
With
P with a bar over it means "after."p generally refers to 'post' or after, and can be seen with a line over it in written notes (as can the letter 'a' referring to 'ante' or before).
M with a line above it is the Roman numeral for a million.