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