WIKTIONARY - Yabla

comma

Noun

∙ The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. typography
∙ A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark. Romanian typography
∙ A European and North American butterfly, Polygonia c-album, of the family Nymphalidae.
∙ a difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways. music
∙ A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence. genetics
∙ In Ancient Greek rhetoric a comma (κόμμα) is a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity comma was defined as a combination of words that has no more than eight syllables. This term is later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.

BABYLON ENGLISH
comma n.
punctuation mark denoting a pause within a sentence

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
comma
comma
\com"ma\ (?), n. [l. comma part of a sentence, comma, gr. &?; clause, fr. &?; to cut off. cf. capon.]
1. a character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
2. (mus.) a small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
comma
bacillus (physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. it is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also cholera bacillus
comma
butterfly (zo?l.), an american butterfly (grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.
comma
n
1. a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
2. anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing [syn: comma butterfly, polygonia comma ]

similar words(6)

vibrio comma
gray comma
inverted comma
comma butterfly
comma bacillus
comma separated values

WORDNET 2.0
comma
Noun
1. a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
(hypernym) punctuation, punctuation mark
2. anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
(synonym) comma butterfly, Polygonia comma
(hypernym) nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly
(member-holonym) Polygonia, genus Polygonia

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Comma
The comma is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in various languages. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline of the text. Some typefaces render it as a small line, slightly curved or straight but inclined from the vertical, or with the appearance of a small, filled-in number 9. The comma is used in many contexts and languages, mainly for separating parts of a sentence such as clauses, and items in lists, particularly when there are three or more items listed. The word comma comes from the Greek komma (κόμμα), which means a cut-off piece; specifically, in grammar, a short clause.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

comma

Noun

∙ The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. typography
∙ A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark. Romanian typography
∙ A European and North American butterfly, Polygonia c-album, of the family Nymphalidae.
∙ a difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways. music
∙ A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence. genetics
∙ In Ancient Greek rhetoric a comma (κόμμα) is a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity comma was defined as a combination of words that has no more than eight syllables. This term is later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.

BABYLON ENGLISH
comma n.
punctuation mark denoting a pause within a sentence

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
comma
comma
\com"ma\ (?), n. [l. comma part of a sentence, comma, gr. &?; clause, fr. &?; to cut off. cf. capon.]
1. a character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
2. (mus.) a small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
comma
bacillus (physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. it is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also cholera bacillus
comma
butterfly (zo?l.), an american butterfly (grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.
comma
n
1. a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
2. anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing [syn: comma butterfly, polygonia comma ]

similar words(6)

vibrio comma
gray comma
inverted comma
comma butterfly
comma bacillus
comma separated values

WORDNET 2.0
comma
Noun
1. a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
(hypernym) punctuation, punctuation mark
2. anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
(synonym) comma butterfly, Polygonia comma
(hypernym) nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly
(member-holonym) Polygonia, genus Polygonia

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Comma
The comma is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in various languages. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline of the text. Some typefaces render it as a small line, slightly curved or straight but inclined from the vertical, or with the appearance of a small, filled-in number 9. The comma is used in many contexts and languages, mainly for separating parts of a sentence such as clauses, and items in lists, particularly when there are three or more items listed. The word comma comes from the Greek komma (κόμμα), which means a cut-off piece; specifically, in grammar, a short clause.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

English Dictionary

Studying English?

Example Searches