tilde

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  1. noun A diacritical mark ( ~ ) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate the palatal nasal sound (ny), as in cañon, or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization, as in lã, pão.

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  • Most of the compression seems to have occurred on the left side, where your esc, tilde, and tab keys have shrunk significantly.
  • It probably won't matter either way, other than a little number crunching on the server. as far as characters to use .. the tilde is quite nice, it's a funky little character. —  Leah Culver
  • Then I tried Command-~ (tilde) once Path Finder was active, and it seems to always switch to a Space with an active Path Finder window (sometimes it will require more than one attempt, but it does always work). —  MacOSXHints.com
  • Note: "Dona" is supposed to have a tilde (that squiggly line over top) on the N, but TravelPod doesn't compute special characters. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • At 5.8 ounces and about an inch thick, the diNovo Mini has a basic QWERTY keyboard with 63 keys, though it lacks the familiar Function and tilde (~) keys. —  Latest from Computerworld
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  1. Spanish, alteration of obsolete Catalan title, from Latin titulus, superscription.

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  1. Spanish tilde (= Old French title, tiltre), an accent, mark, tittle, a more vernacular form of titulo, a title: see tittle, title.
 

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/ˈtɪldɛ/
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