# \otimes

The ⊗ symbol (Circled times, U+2297), written as \otimes in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/otimes

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Binary operators](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/binary-operators) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⊗ |
| Unicode | U+2297 CIRCLED TIMES |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\otimes
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

2.15% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 47 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2297 (CIRCLED TIMES).