Tilde

~ ◌̃
~ ◌̃
Tilde (symbol), Combining tilde (diacritic)
In Unicode	U+007E ~ TILDE; U+0303 ◌̃ COMBINING TILDE
Related
See also	Double tilde (disambiguation)

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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; but, for historical reasons, it is also used in standalone form within a variety of contexts: perhaps its most common usage in modern texts is to indicate approximation.

^ "tilde". The Chambers Dictionary (9th ed.). Chambers. 2003. ISBN 0-550-10105-5.
^ "tilde". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins.

[1] "tilde". The Chambers Dictionary (9th ed.). Chambers. 2003. ISBN 0-550-10105-5.

[2] "tilde". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins.

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~ ◌̃
Tilde (symbol), Combining tilde (diacritic)
In Unicode	U+007E ~ TILDE U+0303 ◌̃ COMBINING TILDE
Related
See also	Double tilde (disambiguation)