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tilde

noun
/ˈtɪldə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Compare Portuguese til.

  1. derived from titulus
  2. borrowed from tilde

Definitions

  1. A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.

    • California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).

  2. A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the…

    A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.

The neighborhood

Derived

middle tilde, overtilde, undertilde, zilde

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tilde. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at tilde. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at tilde

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA