Answers.Body: <p>To elaborate on hobbs's comment, that character should actually be <a href="http://unicodinator.com/#2300">⌀, <code>U+2300</code> DIAMETER SIGN</a>, the meaning of which should be self-explanatory.</p>
  
  <p>The character you asked about was <a href="http://unicodinator.com/#00D8">Ø, <code>U+00D8</code> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE</a></p>
  
  <p>Of course, it's entirely possible that the wrong symbol was used by the person naming the part in the list you're looking at (perhaps due to poor unicode support, since <code>U+00D8</code> lies in latin-1, but <code>U+2300</code> requires utf8).</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Ø is a pretty <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diameter#Diameter_symbol" rel="nofollow">standard notation for diameter</a>. So <code>w/Ø 3.2 Shaft</code> means the item has a shaft that has a 3.2(mm) diameter.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>It's an international symbol, whose curious intersection between a line segment and a circle visually depicts the concept of a <em>"a measurement exceeding the diameter of a part by some 15%, I reckon"</em>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Many LEGO part names use a Ø character in the name, for example, Armor For Hand W/Ø 3.2 Shaft (28803) or Beam A 4M Ball/Cup Ø10.2 (90611).  Can anyone explain what the Ø means?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It's not a Ø or a ø, it's a ⌀.
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Comments.Text: It's not Swedish "crossed O", it's not Greek "capital phi", it's not even Cyrillic "Ef", it's a dedicated "diameter symbol".
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Comments.Text: @Agent_L: Swedish doesn't have Ø; they use Ö instead. Ø is used in Danish, however, which is more relevant for Lego.
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Title: Ø in LEGO part names
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ThreadText: # Ø in LEGO part names
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-09-20)
  
  Many LEGO part names use a Ø character in the name, for example, Armor For Hand W/Ø 3.2 Shaft (28803) or Beam A 4M Ball/Cup Ø10.2 (90611). Can anyone explain what the Ø means?
  
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  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It's not a Ø or a ø, it's a ⌀.  
  > **username_2**: It's not Swedish "crossed O", it's not Greek "capital phi", it's not even Cyrillic "Ef", it's a dedicated "diameter symbol".  
  > **username_3**: @Agent_L: Swedish doesn't have Ø; they use Ö instead. Ø is used in Danish, however, which is more relevant for Lego.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2016-09-20. Score: 27
  
  Ø is a pretty [standard notation for diameter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diameter#Diameter_symbol). So `w/Ø 3.2 Shaft` means the item has a shaft that has a 3.2(mm) diameter.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-09-21. Score: 14
  
  To elaborate on hobbs's comment, that character should actually be [⌀, `U+2300` DIAMETER SIGN](http://unicodinator.com/#2300), the meaning of which should be self-explanatory.
  
  The character you asked about was [Ø, `U+00D8` LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE](http://unicodinator.com/#00D8)
  
  Of course, it's entirely possible that the wrong symbol was used by the person naming the part in the list you're looking at (perhaps due to poor unicode support, since `U+00D8` lies in latin-1, but `U+2300` requires utf8).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Or perhaps because Ø has its own key on most keyboards used in Billund.  
  > **username_5**: http://fontmeme.com/images/danish-keyboard-550x183.png  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2016-09-21. Score: 0
  
  It's an international symbol, whose curious intersection between a line segment and a circle visually depicts the concept of a *"a measurement exceeding the diameter of a part by some 15%, I reckon"*.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_8**: This is completely incorrect.  
  
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