comma

(käm′ə)

noun

a mark of punctuation (,) used to indicate a slight separation of sentence elements, as in setting off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements, items in a series, etc.
a slight pause

Origin: L < Gr komma, clause in a sentence, that which is cut off < koptein, to cut off < IE base *(s)kep-, to cut, split > capon, shaft

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noun

Grammar A punctuation mark ( , ) used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the structure of a sentence.
A pause or separation; a caesura.
Any of several butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having wings with brownish coloring and irregularly notched edges.

Origin:

Origin: Latin

Origin: , from Greek komma, piece cut off, short clause

Origin: , from koptein, to cut

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