Apr 13, 2011 - 0074b507 Apr 13, 2011; Generally the mark is called a 'Tilde' (which. On my Mac, for Word, I use 'Option' then press n to get the ˜ above it.
Contents. Common use This symbol (in English) informally means, 'about', or 'around', such as '30 minutes before', meaning ' approximately 30 minutes before'. It can mean 'similar to', including 'of the same as', such as: ' x y' meaning that x and y are of the same. Another approximation symbol is the double-tilde, meaning 'approximately equal to', the critical difference being the subjective level of accuracy: ≈ indicates a value which can be considered functionally equivalent for a calculation within an acceptable degree of error, whereas is usually used to indicate a larger, possibly significant, degree of error. The tilde is also used to indicate 'equal to' or 'approximately equal to' by placing it over the '=' symbol, like so: ≅. In the computing field, especially in based systems, the tilde indicates the user's home directory. Raised tilde from a Most modern align the plain ASCII tilde at the same level as, or only slightly upper.
This distinguishes it from the small tilde ( ˜ ) introduced with, which is always raised. But in some, especially used in, tilde character is raised too.
This apparently is a legacy of, where pairs of similar spacing and combining characters relied on one glyph. Even in ' age character repertoires were often not large enough to distinguish between plain tilde, small tilde and combining tilde. Overprinting of a letter by the tilde was a working method of. Punctuation The tilde is used in various ways in punctuation: Range In some languages (though not generally in English)a tilde-like wavy dash may be used as (instead of an unspaced, or ) between two, to indicate a rather than or a hyphenated number (such as a part number or model number). For example, '1215' means '12 to 15', '3' means 'up to three', and '100' means '100 and greater'. And other almost always use this convention, but it is often done for clarity in some other languages as well. Uses the wavy dash and full-width em dash interchangeably for this purpose.
In English, the tilde is often used to express ranges and model numbers in, but rarely in formal grammar or in type-set documents, as a wavy dash preceding a number sometimes represents an approximation (see below). Approximation Before a number the tilde can mean 'approximately'; '42' means 'approximately 42'. Japanese. Further information: The wave dash ( 波ダッシュ, nami dasshu) is used for various purposes in Japanese, including to denote ranges of numbers, in place of dashes or brackets, and to indicate origin. The wave dash is also used to separate a title and a subtitle in the same line, as a is used in English.
When used in conversations via email or instant messenger it may be used as a. The sign is used as a replacement for the, katakana character, in Japanese, extending the final syllable. Unicode and Shift JIS encoding of wave dash.
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