&

A stylized form of Latin et (“and”). Romans used such symbols (ligatures) from at least the first century CE, but the character may not have acquired its present form until the advent of calligraphy in the Middle Ages. Compare ⁊, of same meaning and similar derivation.

&

1. Siglum of "and"

&

1. (programming) Used in some programming languages for different purposes.
   1. Dereferencing memory address.
   2. Bitwise "and" operator.
2. (networking) In a URL, separates each field-value pair of a query string .

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• ⁊

• (mathematics) ⅋
• & ;
• v& (to be arrested)

• ⁊

• 〆
• ϗ

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter E):  Éé  Èè  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ěě  Ĕĕ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ẻẻ  Ėė  Ëë  Ēē  Ȩȩ  Ęę  ᶒ  Ɇɇ  Ȅȅ  Ếế  Ềề  Ễễ  Ểể  Ḝḝ  Ḗḗ  Ḕḕ  Ȇȇ  Ẹẹ  Ệệ  ⱸ  ᴇ  Ｅｅ  Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  &  Œœ  ᵫ
• (Letter combinations):  Ꜳꜳ  Ææ  ᴁᴭ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜵꜵ  Åå  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ  Ꜽꜽ  ct  ȸ  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  ᴂᵆ  ᴔ  &  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl  ℔  IJij  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  Œœ  ɶ  Ꝏꝏ  Ȣȣᴕ  ȹ  ẞß  ſtst  ᵫ  Ůů  Ww  Ꝡꝡ

&

1. Siglum of "and"
   • 2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press (2014), →ISBN, 121:

     “Welcum to McCaufreys, Billy Dean” he says. “Make yorself at home & hav a pie.”

2. (dated) Abbreviation of et in Latin phrases such as et cetera.

• & al.
• & cetera, &c.
• & seq., & seqq.

• ampersand

&

1. i

&

1. et

&

1. Abbreviation of e, ed
2. (dated) Abbreviation of Latin et

& (katakana アンド, rōmaji ando)

1. Abbreviation of アンド.

&

1. e

&

1. y
2. e

&

1. och