tilde Synonyms
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tilde Meaning
tilde (n)
a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
tilde (n.)
The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus,
tilde Sentence Examples
- The Spanish language often uses a tilde to indicate a stressed vowel, as in "águila."
- The tilde key on a keyboard (~) is commonly used to insert special characters or mathematical symbols.
- In mathematics, a tilde can represent an "approximately equal to" relation.
- The "~" symbol is often used in programming languages to denote bitwise negation.
- In physics, a tilde over a variable indicates a complex conjugate.
- The musical symbol for vibrato is a tilde-like line over a note.
- In linguistics, a tilde can be used to indicate a nasalized vowel.
- The Unicode character for a tilde is U+007E.
- In Spanish, the tilde is also known as "virgulilla."
- A tilde can be added to a word using the "Insert Symbol" feature in word processors.
FAQs About the word tilde
a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalizationThe accentual
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The Spanish language often uses a tilde to indicate a stressed vowel, as in "águila."
The tilde key on a keyboard (~) is commonly used to insert special characters or mathematical symbols.
In mathematics, a tilde can represent an "approximately equal to" relation.
The "~" symbol is often used in programming languages to denote bitwise negation.
