Symbol for 'Or'

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'And' can be represented with an '&' or even a '+' in some cases. But I have yet to find a symbolic abbreviation for 'or'. Are there any such abbreviations?

Some examples of what I mean include,

Plus/Positive = + / Minus/Negative = - 
And = & 
Number = #

Many of them are related to math but 'and' and 'or' are what I was looking at.

user193445 · Accepted Answer

Vel, "∨", is the symbol for logical disjunction, "or", in symbolic logic. The Wikipedia entry notes that Russel and Whitehead used the symbol in their Principia Mathematica of 1910. As several commenters have noted, various systems of formal logic employ alternative symbols, including "+" and "∥", to represent this non-exclusive sense of "or". The exclusive "or" (either a or b but not both: "xor") can be represented by the symbols "⊕" and "⊻".

Correct answer by user193445 on June 7, 2021

Symbol for 'Or'

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