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Meaning
Noun
●
In Buttons & Diacritical marks:
The
grapheme
of
character
~.
A
diacritical mark
(˜)
placed
above a
letter
to
modify
its
pronunciation
, such as by
palatalization
in Spanish
words
or
nasalization
in Portuguese
words
.
●
In Buttons & Punctuation marks:
The
grapheme
of
character
~.
A
punctuation mark
that
indicates
range (from a number to another number).
●
In Buttons:
The
grapheme
of
character
~.
May
be used to
represent
approximation
(mathematics).
●
In Logic & Buttons:
The
character
used to
represent
negation
, usually ~ or ¬.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
tilde
English
tilde
Spanish
titulus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Circumflex
Umlaut
Backspace
Hyphen
Caret
Semicolon
Keyboard Shortcut
Scroll Lock
Cursor Keys
Shift Key
Space Bar
Glottal Stop
Pound Sign
Plus Sign
Rhymes
Tilde
Zilde
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