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noun

  1. a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
  2. swung dash.
  3. Mathematics. a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
  4. Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.

noun

  1. the diacritical mark (~) placed over a letter to indicate a palatal nasal consonant, as in Spanish señor. This symbol is also used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent any nasalized vowel

n.1864, from Spanish, metathesis of Catalan title, from Latin titulus “inscription, heading” (see title (n.)).

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