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diamonds

Represents a filled diamond shape (♦) commonly used in card game notation, mathematical sets, or decorative elements.

Overview

Serves multiple purposes across different domains, from typesetting card game literature to mathematical notation and decorative typography.

  • Popular in card game documentation to represent the diamonds suit
  • Used in mathematical texts to denote special sets or operators
  • Appears in bullet points or decorative separators for document formatting
  • Often employed in logic and set theory as a distinctive symbol for specific operations

Examples

Probability notation for a diamonds suit in card games.

P(card is ♢)=1352P(\text{card is }\diamonds) = \frac{13}{52} 
P(\text{card is }\diamonds) = \frac{13}{52}

Set theory example using diamonds as a binary operator.

A♢B={x:x∈A or x∈B}A \diamonds B = \{x : x \in A \text{ or } x \in B\} 
A \diamonds B = \{x : x \in A \text{ or } x \in B\}

Logic notation where diamonds represents possibility.

♢p→¬♢¬p\diamonds p \rightarrow \neg \diamonds \neg p 
\diamonds p \rightarrow \neg \diamonds \neg p