tilde
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də noun
1.
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
2.
3.
Mathematics. a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
4.
Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.
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Tilde
is always a great word to know.
So is perfect number. Does it mean:
| a positive number that is equal to the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 6, which is equal to the sum of 1, 2, and 3 |
| to separate into equal parts by the process of mathematical division |
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| —n | |
| 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 | |
| [C19: from Spanish, from Latin titulus title, superscription] | |
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Word Origin & History
tilde
1864, from Sp., metathesis of Catalan title, from L. titulus "inscription, heading" (see title).
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Computing Dictionary
tilde definition
character"~" ASCII character 126.
Common names are: ITU-T: tilde; squiggle; twiddle; not. Rare: approx; wiggle; swung dash; enyay; INTERCAL: sqiggle (sic).
Used as C's prefix bitwise negation operator; and in Unix csh, GNU Emacs, and elsewhere, to stand for the current user's home directory, or, when prefixed to a login name, for the given user's home directory.
The "swung dash" or "approximation" sign is not quite the same as tilde in typeset material but the ASCII tilde serves for both (compare angle brackets).
[Has anyone else heard this called "tidal" (as in wave)?]
(1996-10-18)
Example sentences
We place a tilde over the symbol to indicate that it is relative to the vertical diameter.
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