comma

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Synonyms: momma, comm, comms, coma, commo, somma, compa, commu, comba, comm., commy

Antonyms: momma, comm, comms, coma, commo, somma, compa, commu, comba, comm., commy

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Noun

{{senseid|en|Q161736}}{{lb|en|typography}} The [[punctuation]] [[mark]] ⟨<span style="font-size: 2em;">{{l|mul|,}}</span>⟩ [[use]]d to [[indicate]] a set of [[part]]s of a [[sentence]] or between [[element]]s of a [[list]].
{{lb|en|Romanian|_|typography}} A [[similar]]-[[looking]] [[subscript]] [[diacritical mark]].
{{lb|en|entomology}} Any of various [[nymphalid]] butterflies of the genus {{taxfmt|Polygonia|genus}}, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially {{taxlink|Polygonia c-album|species}} and {{taxlink|Polygonia c-aureum|species}} of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
{{lb|en|music}} A difference in the calculation of nearly identical [[interval]]s by different ways.
{{lb|en|genetics}} A [[delimit]]ing [[marker]] between items in a [[genetic]] [[sequence]].
{{lb|en|rhetoric}} In [[Ancient Greek]] [[rhetoric]], a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the {{w|Johannine comma}}.
{{lb|en|figurative}} A [[brief]] [[interval]].
{{lb|en|meteorology}} A cloud shaped like a comma because of differential rotation of the cloud border and adjacent upward and downward vertical motions, often appearing in large and intense low-pressure systems.

{{lb|en|rare|transitive}} {{l|en|To place a [[comma]] or commas within [[text]]; to [[follow]], [[precede]], or [[surround]] a portion of text with commas.}}

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