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\[Colon]

Unicode: 2236.

Alias: Esc : Esc.

Infix operator.

x y is by default interpreted as Colon.

Used in mathematics to mean "such that".

Occasionally used to indicate proportion.

Used to separate hours and minutes in times.

\[SuchThat] \[VerticalSeparator] \[Exists] \[ForAll] \[RawColon] \[Proportion] \[Therefore]

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