Because
Part of Math Symbols
Because has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ∵
- Unicode
- U+2235
About this symbol
∵ means because, the partner of ∴, therefore. Mathematicians use the pair to set out the steps of a proof: ∵ x = 2, ∴ x² = 4.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- BECAUSE
- Type
- Maths symbol
- Unicode block
- Mathematical Operators
- Unicode group
- Miscellaneous mathematical symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
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