Associations to the word «Tilde»

Wiktionary

TILDE, noun. The grapheme of character ~.
TILDE, noun. A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
TILDE, noun. A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
TILDE, noun. May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
TILDE, noun. A key found on some types of keyboards.
TILDE, noun. (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.

Dictionary definition

TILDE, noun. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.

Wise words

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