~ ◌̃ | |
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Tilde (symbol), Combining tilde (diacritic) | |
In Unicode | U+007E ~ TILDE U+0303 ◌̃ COMBINING TILDE |
Related | |
See also | Double tilde (disambiguation) U+301C 〜 WAVE DASH |
The tilde (/ˈtɪld, -di, -də, -deɪ/)[1] ˜ or ~, is a grapheme with a number of uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish, which in turn came from the Latin titulus, meaning 'title' or 'superscription'.[2] Its primary use is as a diacritic (accent) in combination with a base letter. Its freestanding form is used in modern texts mainly to indicate approximation.