| general election | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an election in which representatives are chosen in all constituencies of a state |
| 2. | (US) Compare primary a final election from which successful candidates are sent to a legislative body |
| 3. | (US), (Canadian) (in the US) a national or state election or (in Canada) a federal or provincial election in contrast to a local election |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |