Mathematical symbols
Tedds recognizes and uses several mathematical symbols. However, there are some mathematical symbols that do not have a function in calculations. For more information, see the following paragraphs.
Note:
For Tedds for Word users:
The following mathematical symbols are available via the Library Access System.
To access any one the symbols, go to .
All the characters use Windows Symbol font.
| Mathematical symbols recognized in Tedds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Symbol | Function in calculations |
| minus | - | substract |
| plus | + | add |
| multiply | × | multiply |
| divide | ÷ | divide |
| divide | / | divide |
| equals | = | equal to |
| square root | √( ) | square root |
| less than | < | less than |
| less than or equal to | ≤ | less than or equal to |
| equal to | == | equal to |
| not equal to | ≠ | not equal to |
| greater than or equal to | ≥ | greater than or equal to |
| greater than | > | greater than |
| Mathematical symbols not recognized in Tedds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Symbol | Function in calculations |
| approximately equal to | ≈ | no function |
| equivalent to | ≡ | no function |
| therefore | ∴ | no function |
| cube root | 3√( ) | use cuberoot( ) instead |
| degrees | ° | angle unit |
| infinity | ∞ | no function |
| plus/minus | ± | no function |
| proportional to | ∝ | no function |
| perpendicular to | 
|
no function |
| superscript star | * | no function |