tilde

[ til-duh ]

noun
  1. Phonetics, Orthography. a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuguese são, to indicate nasalization.

  1. Mathematics. a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.

  2. Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.

Origin of tilde

1
1860–65; <Spanish <Latin titulus superscription. See title

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tilde

/ (ˈtɪldə) /


noun
  1. 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

1
C19: from Spanish, from Latin titulus title, superscription

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