There is a 5:4 ratio of boys to girls in my class.
Separation of a title and the corresponding subtitle.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
(information science)Separate elements of a bibliographic reference, such as chapter and verses of the bible, or volumes and pages of a work.
John 3:14–16 (or John III:14–16)
Used after a letter as a nonstandard representation of an umlaut or diaeresis, when technical limitations prevent the use of one.
1990 јануар 26, porpentine [username], “Re: Mommy! Gene hit me first!”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal[1] (Usenet; in Енглески):
I agree, most of the people who are listening to Whitesnake/Skid Row/Guns-n-Roses-Dude/insert_your_favorite_cheese_metal_band now will have forgotten about them in a few years. I don't think you can say the same of, say, Fates Warning, King's X, or the older metal bands (Black Sabbath version 1, Blue O:yster Cult, Moto:rhead, arguably Aerosmith).
(taxonomy)Separates different levels of an abbreviated taxonomy.
Connects a suffix or clitic to a number, abbreviation or initialism.
Hinta on TKY:n jäsenille 10 €, muille 20 €.
The price is € 10 for the members of TKY, € 20 for all others.
SAK:kin on samaa mieltä.
Also SAK shares that opinion.
Usage notes
If a numeric expression consists of a number and a head word which indicates the case, the numeral is written without the case suffix:
Ostin 10 000 (read: kymmenellätuhannella) eurolla Nokian osakkeita.
Ostin 10 000 €:lla Nokian osakkeita.
I bought € 10,000 worth of Nokia's shares.
If a numeric expression consists of a number and a head word, and the numeral is in nominative singular, the head word is in partitive singular (base case), and the head word is an abbreviation, the partitive case is not indicated:
Et ole vielä maksanut niitä 10 000:ta (read: kymmentätuhatta) euroa, jotka ole minulle velkaa.
You have not yet paid that € 10,000 which you owe me.
If an abbreviation or initialism is read as a word (as opposed to letter by letter), the colon is not used:
Hinta on ERTOn jäsenille 10 €, muille 20 €.
The price is € 10 for the members of ERTO, € 20 for all others.
Шведски
Знак интерпункције
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Connects a suffix or clitic to a number, abbreviation or initialism.
EU:s vinmarknad
EU's wine market
TV:n är trasig.
The TV is broken.
den 13:e mars
March the 13th
två VD:ar
two CEOs
Marks the contraction of a word, separating the beginning and end (first and last letter, replacing the period of a standard abbreviation in front of an ending)
c:a 50 mil (cirka)
circa 50 miles
Vårdsnäs k:a (kyrka)
Vårdsnäs church
S:t Petersburg (Sankt)
Saint Petersburg
Kungl. Maj:ts resolution (Majestäts)
His Majesty's resolution (a government decree)
Bibliografi till förf:s 60-årsdag (författarens, standard abbreviation förf.)