The division symbol is sometimes used in writing a prescription. For instance, a daily dose of 1000 mg of erythromycin divided in three doses might be written 1000 mg (division sign) tid.
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÷ Is the symbol
The division symbol is called an obelus (รท) or a division sign. It is used to represent the operation of division in mathematical expressions.
The symbol for division on a calculator is typically represented by the forward slash (/) or the รท symbol.
Usually a slash, or division symbol. Miles per hour = mi/hr
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What does 5mld mean on a prescription bottle
The symbol separating the dividend from the divisor in a long division that is drawn as a right parenthesis (or sometimes a straight vertical bar) with an attached vinculum extending to the right seems to have no established name of its own. It can therefore simply be termed the "long division symbol," or sometimes the division bracket.
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The quotient