Meaning of comma | Babel Free

Definitions

1. comma (punctuation mark)
2. The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
3. A punctuation mark (,) used to separate items in a list or indicate a brief pause.
4. A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
   Romanian
5. misericord
6. the punctuation mark (,) used to show a slight pause etc. komma فاصِلَه запетайка vírgula čárka das Komma komma κόμμαcoma koma ویرگول؛ کاما pilkku virguleפסיק अल्पविराम, उद्धरण चिह्न zarez vessző tanda koma komma virgola コンマ 콤마 kablelis komats tanda koma kommakommaprzecinek كامه، دغه (،) نښه چه جملې او كلمي سره بيلوې، ويرګول vírgula virgulă запятая čiarka vejica zarez komma[tecken] เครื่องหมาย (,) virgül 逗號 кома سکتہ ۔ کوما dấu phẩy 逗号
   etc
7. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
8. section
9. Grammar A punctuation mark ( , ) used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the structure of a sentence.
   Grammar
10. A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
11. coma (deep sleep)
12. A pause or separation; a caesura.
13. A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
14. mane
15. Any of several nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia having wings with irregularly notched edges and a small comma-shaped marking on the underside of the hind wing.
    Polygonia
16. 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 Johannine comma.
    rhetoric
17. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the punctuation mark(,) indicating a slight pause in the spoken sentence and used where there is a listing of items or to separate a nonrestrictive clause or phrase from a main clause
18. A brief interval.
    figuratively
19. (Music, other) music a minute interval
    music
20. (Animals) short for comma butterfly
21. the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used to indicate a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
22. a brown and black nymphalid butterfly, Polygonia comma, with a silver comma mark on the underwing.
    Polygonia comma

Equivalents

Examples

“No points were used by the ancient printers, excepting the colon and the period; but, after some time, a short oblique stroke, called a virgil, was introduced, which answered to the modern comma. In the fifteenth century this punctuation was improved by the famous Aldus Manutius with the typographical art in general; when he gave a better shape to the comma, added the semicolon, and assigned to the former points more proper places.”

“Commas (Polygonia comma) and Question Marks (Polygonia interrogationis) occur from the Gulf Coast to Canada and west to the Rockies. [...] Question Marks and Commas are handsome butterflies with burnt orange and black markings. [...] On the underside of each hind wing of the Comma is a small, distinctive silver hook that resembles a comma.”

“Other members of this genus that are frequently encountered in the park are the eastern comma (P. comma) and question mark (P. interrogationis).”

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