Dinkus

In typography, a dinkus is a typographic symbol which often consists of three spaced asterisks or bullets in a horizontal row, i.e.   ∗ ∗ ∗   or   • • •  .

The symbol has a variety of uses, and it usually denotes an intentional omission or a logical "break" of varying degree in a written work.

When used this way, the dinkus typically appears centrally aligned on a line of its own with vertical spacing before and after the symbol.

When used in legal text, the dinkus indicates an abbreviation within amendments to code while not implying the repeal of the omitted sections.

[12] Newspapers, magazines, and other works can use dinkuses as simple ornamentation of typography, for solely aesthetic reasons.

This is exemplified in the poem Thresholes by Lara Mimosa Montes, in which the poet makes frequent use of a circular dinkus,  ○ , as a form of "punctuation at the level of the full text, rather than the phrase or the sentence" throughout the course of the work.