Accents\dot

\dotCommand

Used to place a single dot accent over a symbol or grouped expression, often for time derivatives.

\dot{x}

Topic: Accents
Available in: base
Kind: prefix
Allowed mode: math
Frequency: 1.93% of corpus formulasrank 29 of 263
Commonality: high
Tags: decoration

Renderer support

Package	MathJax	KaTeX	XeTeX
`base`	MathJax: Full	KaTeX: Full	XeTeX: Full

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Syntax#

\dotm{a}math content

Argspec m — one mandatory argument. Reading argspecs

Common tasks#

How to write a Newtonian time derivative#

\dot{x}

How to write a second time derivative#

Use \ddot for two dots; \dot is a single over-dot accent.

\ddot{x}

How to put a dot on a Greek letter#

\dot{\theta}

In TeXForm#

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

See also#

\acute base
\bar base
\breve base
\check base
\ddddot ams
\dddot ams
\ddot base
\grave base
\hat base
\mathring ams
\tilde base
\vec base
\widehat base
\widetilde base

Test cases#

`base`
Input	Case	MathJax	KaTeX	XeTeX
`\dot{a}`	Positive · baseline	Pass	Pass	Pass
`\dot a`	Positive · bare[0]	Pass	Pass	Pass

All 45 in Accents

Topic: Accents
Available in: base
Kind: prefix
Allowed mode: math
Frequency: 1.93% of corpus formulasrank 29 of 263
Commonality: high
Tags: decoration

Renderer support

Package	MathJax	KaTeX	XeTeX
`base`	MathJax: Full	KaTeX: Full	XeTeX: Full

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