tilde

/til-duh/US // ˈtɪl də //UK // (ˈtɪldə) //

梯形图,倾斜式,倾斜度,倾斜的

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a diacritic placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- : swung dash.
- : Mathematics. a symbol indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
- : Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.

A letter "p with tilde above" was used twice in OE as an abbreviation for pence; this ebook uses "p" instead.
The spelling Zui with tilde is Spanish; today the word is generally written Zuni.
The spelling Lewis and Clarke was used consistently in the original text, as was Zui with tilde.
Some vowels were written with an overline—here shown as a tilde—representing a following nasal (m or n).
A doubled 'l' with a tilde across the middle is rendered as 'll'.