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Comma

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Meaning

Noun

In Typography & Punctuation marks:
The
⟨,⟩ used to
a set of
of a
or between
of a list.
In Typography & Diacritical marks:
A similar-looking
mark.
In Entomology & Nymphalid butterflies:
Any of various
of the
Polygonia, having a comma-shaped
on the
, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
In Music:
A
in the
of
by different ways.
In Genetics:
A
between
in a
sequence.
In Rhetoric:
In Ancient Greek
, a
, something
a
,
by
. In
it was
as a
of
having
than
. It was
to
, e.g. the Johannine
.
A
interval.

Verb

To place a
or
within
; to
,
, or
a
of
with
.
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Wiktionary

Origin

comma
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comma
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κόμμα
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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κόπτω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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Etym

Rhymes

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