tilde
Phonetics, Orthography. a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana,to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuguesesão, to indicate nasalization.
Mathematics. a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.
Origin of tilde
1Words Nearby tilde
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How to use tilde in a sentence
A letter "p with tilde above" was used twice in OE as an abbreviation for pence; this ebook uses "p" instead.
The English Village Community | Frederic SeebohmThe spelling Zui with tilde is Spanish; today the word is generally written Zuni.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained | James StevensonThe spelling Lewis and Clarke was used consistently in the original text, as was Zui with tilde.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico | John Wesley PowellSome vowels were written with an overline—here shown as a tilde—representing a following nasal (m or n).
A doubled 'l' with a tilde across the middle is rendered as 'll'.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century | Richard Henry Tawney
British Dictionary definitions for tilde
/ (ˈtɪldə) /
the diacritical mark (~) placed over a letter to indicate a palatal nasal consonant, as in Spanish señor. This symbol is also used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent any nasalized vowel
Origin of tilde
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