# Circled dot

The circled dot, circumpunct, or circle with a point at its centre is an ancient symbol. It can represent:

Solar system
Religion and philosophy
Language and linguistics
The nazar boncuğu symbol on a fixed-wing aircraft
Mathematical Operator
Other uses
• A nazar is a circled-dot-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye
• Center of pressure
• Mensuration sign for 9
8
meter 𝇇 (Unicode Musical Symbols)
• Used, or cancelled, stamp (philately)
• The trademark of the Target Corporation
• As a symbol of the phallus or nature's generative principle and of an Entered Apprentice Freemason[1]
• End of trail / End of the game. Gone home. (scouting)
• The Symbol of "Waterhole" (or a related concept) in Australian Aborigine Art
• In Germany it is symbol for a "Gestempelte Briefmarke" (canceled stamp), while a star means "postfrisch" (mint Stamp)
• In geometry, it is often the symbol for a circle
• In physics, it can be used to denote a vector facing out of the page
• In mathematics, especially in literature related to machine learning, it is used to denote element-wise multiplication