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textdaggerdbl

Represents a double dagger symbol commonly used as a secondary footnote marker or reference indicator in academic texts.

Overview

Serves as a specialized typographical mark primarily used in scholarly writing and documentation systems when multiple footnotes or references need distinct markers.

  • Often appears as the second footnote symbol when asterisks and single daggers have already been used
  • Common in academic publishing, particularly in linguistics and classical texts
  • Frequently employed in critical editions where multiple layers of annotation are needed
  • Can also serve as a death date marker in biographical or historical texts when following standard typographical conventions

Examples

Using double dagger as a reference mark for a second footnote.

ThisstatementrequirescitationThis statement requires citation\text{\textdaggerdbl}
This statement requires citation\text{\textdaggerdbl}

Multiple reference marks in ascending order of significance.

Importantresults*,veryimportantresults,crucialresultsImportant results\text{*}, very important results\text{\textdagger}, crucial results\text{\textdaggerdbl}
Important results\text{*}, very important results\text{\textdagger}, crucial results\text{\textdaggerdbl}

Double dagger used to indicate statistical significance level in a table.

p<0.001p < 0.001\text{\textdaggerdbl}
p < 0.001\text{\textdaggerdbl}