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‡ (English name diesis or double dagger or double obelus)

1. Indicates a footnote.
   • 1887, W. P. Groeneveldt, “Notes on the Malay Archipelago and Malacca”, in Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China and the Indian Archipelago‎^[1], volume I (in English), London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC, page 165:

     " In the year 1452 the king Prabu* sent envoys to court with tribute.
     " In the year 1460 the king Tu-ma-pan (Tumapel?)† sent envoys to carry tribute. When these envoys went back, and had arrived at An-ch’ing,‡ they got drunk and had a fight with foreign priests who came to bring tribute, and of whom six were killed.

     * 巴剌武, Pa-la-bu.
     † 都馬班. Compare note † on page 162.
     ‡ 安慶府, in the province of An-hwui.

2. (chemistry) Indicates a transition state species

• While the symbol can mark a generic footnote, it is more commonly used as the third symbol on a page, where the asterisk (*) and the dagger (†) to mark the first two footnotes.

• (indicating a transition state): #

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