Macron
diacritical mark From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A macron ( ¯ ), from the Greek μακρόν (makrón), meaning "long", is a diacritic mark commonly placed above a single character or symbol (particularly vowels).[1]
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Usage
In the romanization of Japanese, a letter with macron represents a long vowel.[2]
- For example, in the Hepburn romanization system
- kōtsū (交通) means "traffic"
- kotsu (骨) means "bone" or "knack"
In the written Hawaiian language, the kahakō is shown by a macron.[3]
In mathematics, a macron (or overline) is often placed above a symbol to refer to a complex conjugate,[4] a sample mean and a logical negation.[5]
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