tilde
tilde
Definition
tilde (til′də)
noun
- a mark (˜) used:
- in Spanish, over an n to indicate a palatal nasal sound (ny), as in señor
- in Portuguese, over a vowel or the first vowel of a diphthong to indicate nasalization, as in lã, pão
- a similar mark used in some phonetic systems, to express negation in mathematics or logic, etc.
Etymology: Sp, metathetic var. of *title < L titulus, superscription, title
tilde
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- cannot: Also, you cannot use tildes ( ~ ) as part of a URI on Windows NT systems.
- leading: Hence, the default is to expand the leading tilde under UNIX, and not under Microsoft Windows.
Converse of object
- use: To do a fuzzy search use the tilde, " ~ " , symbol at the end of a Single word Term.
- include: The /path is treated as originating at the root, unless you include a tilde ( ~ ), e.g.
- add: After adding the tilde to both extensions, restart the Macintosh.
Converse of subject
- precede: You can exclude certain books that contain a specific word by entering that word preceded by a tilde.
Modifies a noun
- escape: All tilde escapes must be in the first position on a line.
- expansion: Set it to a non-zero value to enable tilde expansion.
- character: Please DO NOT use the tilde character in your filenames.
- key: Players can press the tilde key ( the ~ key ) from any game screen to bring down ( and/or raise ) their console.
- substitution: Note that tilde substitution will only be performed if it is necessary to complete the command.
- symbol: Google has added a synonym function, using the tilde symbol ( the curly horizontal line or ' ~ ' to be exact ).
