Tilde

~ ◌̃
Tilde (symbol)
Combining tilde (diacritic)
In UnicodeU+007E ~ TILDE
U+0303 ◌̃ COMBINING TILDE

The tilde (/ˈtɪldə/, also /ˈtɪld, -di, -deɪ/)[1] is a grapheme ⟨˜⟩ or ⟨~⟩ with a number of uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish tilde, which, in turn, came from the Latin titulus, meaning 'title' or 'superscription'.[2] Its primary use is as a diacritic (accent) in combination with a base letter. Its freestanding form is used in modern texts mainly to indicate approximation.

  1. ^ "tilde". The Chambers Dictionary (9th ed.). Chambers. 2003. ISBN 0-550-10105-5.
  2. ^ "tilde". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins.
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