TILDE


Meaning of TILDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtil-də ]

noun

Etymology: Spanish, from Medieval Latin titulus tittle

Date: circa 1864

1. : a mark ˜ placed especially over the letter n (as in Spanish señor sir) to denote the sound nʸ or over vowels (as in Portuguese irmã sister) to indicate nasality

2.

a. : the mark ∼ used to indicate negation in logic and the geometric relation “is similar to” in mathematics

b. : the mark ∼ used to indicate an approximate value

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