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AUXILIARY TABLES > COMMON AUXILIARY SIGNS > Order-fixing (double colon sign). Table 1b

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::Order-fixing (double colon sign). Table 1b  

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Scope note

  • The double colon :: indicates a relationship and fixes the order of the UDC numbers. The symbol is used when there is a need to stress that the number following the double colon is a specification (part of the definition) of the subject by adding attribute(s) to the preceding number and that the reverse order does not represent the same meaning

Example

  • 061.2(100)::[54+66]IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • 575::576.3 Cytogenetics
  • 77.04::355.4 War photography

Notation

  • ::

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http://udcdata.info/000006

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