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question mark
noun
1.
Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
2.
something unanswered or unknown: His identity is still a question mark to most of us.
3.
an anglewing butterfly, Polygonia interrogationis, having silver spots shaped like a question mark on the underside of each hind wing.
Origin:
1865–70
1865–70
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World English Dictionary
| question mark | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the punctuation mark ?, used at the end of questions and in other contexts where doubt or ignorance is implied |
| 2. | this mark used for any other purpose, as to draw attention to a possible mistake, as in a chess commentary |
| 3. | an element of doubt or uncertainty |
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
question mark definition
A punctuation mark (?) that follows a direct question: “Is Ralph really seven feet tall?”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Computing Dictionary
question mark definition
character"?", ASCII character 63.
Common names: query; ITU-T: question mark; ques. Rare: whatmark; INTERCAL: what; wildchar; huh; hook; buttonhook; hunchback.
Question mark is used, along with colon for C's lazy triadic "if" operator (similar to the IIF function in Visual Basic). The expression x?y:z evaluates x, then if x is true it returns y else it returns z.
In Unix shell file name patterns, question mark matches any single character.
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