Colon

Definitions

1. The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
2. Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)
3. A husbandman.
   obsolete
4. A surname.
5. A town in La Libertad department, El Salvador.
6. The currency of Costa Rica, divided into 100 céntimos.
7. The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
   rare
8. A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.
9. A province in Panama.
10. The former currency of El Salvador, divided into 100 centavos (cents), now replaced by the American dollar.
11. A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
    rhetoric
12. A city, the capital of Colón province, Panama.
13. A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.

Equivalents

Examples

“A colon tells the reader that what follows is closely related to the preceding clause.”

“Colorectal cancer refers to colon cancer, which starts in the colon, and rectal cancer, which starts in the rectum.”

“The reaction of the European colons, a mixture of shock⟳ and fear, was to demand⟳ further draconian measures and to suspend any suggestion of new reforms.”

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