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o

Represents a slashed or barred lowercase letter 'o', commonly used in Nordic languages and mathematical notation.

Overview

Serves as both a linguistic character and mathematical symbol, appearing frequently in Scandinavian text and specialized notation.

  • Essential for writing Danish and Norwegian words where 'ø' appears
  • Used in mathematical contexts to denote empty sets or null elements
  • Often appears in linguistic transcriptions and phonetic notation
  • Particularly important in multilingual documents and academic writing involving Nordic languages

Examples

Showing the empty set symbol in a set theory statement

Aø=øA \text{\o} = \text{\o}
A \text{\o} = \text{\o}

Demonstrating a null intersection between sets

AB=øA \cap B = \text{\o}
A \cap B = \text{\o}

Expressing that a set contains no elements

ø=0|\text{\o}| = 0
|\text{\o}| = 0