Definition of Comma. Meaning of Comma. Synonyms of Comma

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Definition of Comma

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["o]l.), an American butterfly (Grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.

Meaning of Comma from wikipedia

- The comma , is a punctuation mark that appears in several variants in different languages. Some typefaces render it as a small line, slightly curved or...
- The serial comma (also referred to as the series comma, Oxford comma, or Harvard comma) is a comma placed after the second-to-last term in a list (just...
- Comma-separated values (CSV) is a text file format that uses commas to separate values, and newlines to separate records. A CSV file stores tabular data...
- names are also used; decimal point and decimal comma refer to a dot (either baseline or middle) and comma respectively, when it is used as a decimal separator;...
- In the C and C++ programming languages, the comma operator (represented by the token ,) is a binary operator that evaluates its first operand and discards...
- Johannine Comma (Latin: Comma Johanneum) is an interpolated phrase (comma) in verses 5:7–8 of the First Epistle of John. The text (with the comma in italics...
- In written English usage, a comma splice or comma fault is the use of a comma to join two independent clauses. For example: It is nearly half past five...
- comma" and the "exclamation comma". The question comma has a comma instead of the dot at the bottom of a question mark, while the exclamation comma has...
- Look up comma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A comma (,) is a type of punctuation mark. Comma, commas, or , may also refer to: Comma (music), a type...
- be used in place of commas to separate items in a list, particularly when the elements of the list themselves have embedded commas. The semicolon is one...