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Hrsanei Posted 15 years ago
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hi.

What is this sign ~ called? which is used in dictionaries to avoid repeating words.

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Hi, It's called a tilde. Clive

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Hi,
It's called a tilde.

Clive
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Having checked the word tilde I came across swung dash. Are they synonyms?

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Hi,

I've never heard 'swung dash'.

The only reason that I know the term 'tilde' is that I used to work in the computer business.

I'd say most people don't know what symbols like this are called.

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