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  1. overlinenoun

    A line drawn over text or a repeating decimal.

  2. overlineverb

    To draw a line over or above text.

  3. Etymology: by analogy with underline.

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  1. Overline

    An overline or overbar or overscore, refers to the typographical feature of a line drawn immediately above the text, for example used to indicate medieval sigla. Specifically, a line drawn over one symbol is a macron, and a line over a collection of symbols is a vinculum. Marking one or more words with a continuous line above the characters is also described as "overstriking". In Unicode the overline is represented by U+203E ‾ overline, and always functions as an independent symbol. The character U+0305 ◌̅ combining overline allows an overline to be placed over any character. A series of overlined characters usually results in an unbroken line, depending on the font. A similar character is U+00AF ¯ macron, and also has a combining variant, U+0304 ◌̄ combining macron, as well as a spacing modifier variant, U+02C9 ˉ modifier letter macron. The macron characters are shorter than their "overline" counterparts, and a series of macron characters usually does not result in an unbroken line. Unlike overline, the macron is present in the ISO/IEC 8859-1 and MS-DOS Codepage 850 encodings. Depending on the context in which it is used, the overbar has different meanings. The table to the right gives a summary of the different Unicode characters.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of overline in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of overline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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