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SNNz distinguishes its mulitplier, reciprocal, positive power, and negative power prefixes by terminating them with distinct "glue" suffixes, each of which may be abbreviated with a single character:
| Form | Glue Suffix | Code | Glyph | Name | Description | Rationale |
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| Multiplier |
---- | U+2022 | • | BULLET | black small circle | conveys sense of "times" (multiplication) |
| U+002A | * | ASTERISK | star (on phone keypads) |
| Reciprocal |
-| ‑infra· | U+005Cx | \ | REVERSE SOLIDUS | backslash | conveys sense of a denominator "under" the horizontal bar in a vulgar fraction |
| Power | Positive |
-| ‑qua· | U+2191x | ↑ | UPWARDS ARROW | upward pointing arrow | conveys sense of "raising" the order of magnitude |
| U+0040x | @ | COMMERCIAL AT | at sign | vaguely resembles the "Q" in -qua· |
| Negative |
-| ‑cia· | U+2193x | ↓ | DOWNWARDS ARROW | downward pointing arrow | conveys sense of "lowering" the order of magnitude |
| U+0023x | # | NUMBER SIGN | pound sign, hash, crosshatch, octothorpe | "hash" or "sharp" is evocative of "sh" sound in -cia· |
Where two abbreviations are specified, the first is favored in environments with full support for Unicode or full typesetting; these are the symbols this wiki will use. The second is an alternate symbol taken from the ASCII character set, and may be used in disadvantaged environments without full support for Unicode.
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