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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.
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 graph. Does it mean:
| to separate into equal parts by the process of mathematical division |
| a series of points as in forming a curve or surface, each of which represents a value of a given function, a network of lines connecting points |
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tilde
1864, from Sp., metathesis of Catalan title, from L. titulus "inscription, heading" (see title).
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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)
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