Noun
middot (plural middots)
(typography) Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
The Talmud gives no information concerning the origin of the middot, although the Geonim ("Sages") regarded them as Sinaitic (given by God to the people of Israel at the time of the Sinai presence). Source: Internet
Modern historians believe that it is decidedly erroneous to consider the middot as traditional from the time of Moses on Sinai. Source: Internet