Comma definitions

Comma

1) Bottom half of a semicolon 2) Break for readers 3) Break producer 4) Breathtaking punctuation 5) Breathtaking punctuation mark 6) Cause for pause 7) Character in I, Claudius 8) Clause pause cause 9) Curve that gives one pause 10) Eats, Shoots & Leaves subject 11) Feature of many a list 12) Grammatical separator
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Comma

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. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word comma comes directly from the Greek komma (κόμμα), which means something cut off or a short clause. A comm...
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Comma

[music] In music theory, a comma is a minute interval, the difference resulting from tuning one note two different ways. The word `comma` used without qualification refers to the syntonic comma, which can be defined, for instance, as the difference between an F{Music|#} tuned using the D-based Pythagorean tuning system, and another F{Music|...
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comma

Punctuation mark which makes a slight break in a sentence
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Comma

• (n.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. • (n.) A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
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comma

Plural form: commas. A punctuation mark used to separate items in a list, or to show the extra information in a sentence.
Example: George, who really likes fishing, went shopping and bought a tent, a fishing rod and a new worm bucket.
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comma

(from the article `punctuation`) ...complete sentences that are closely connected in sense; in a long or complicated sentence, it may precede a coordinate conjunction (such as or, ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/115

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comma

in music, slight difference in frequency (and therefore pitch) occurring when a note of a scale, say E in the scale of C, is derived according to ... [1 related articles]
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Comma

this cuts off one clause from another. It separates items on a list.. As a pair, it acts as parenthesis, separating added information, asides, non essential extras etc. from the main sentence. The placement of a comma can alter the emphasis placed on a word or phrase.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20629

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Comma

Caterpillar species. Latin name: Polygonia c-album Food: Hop, nettles and currant bushes Description: Greyish, marked with orange-brown, spiny. Southern England as far north as Yorkshire and Wales.
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Comma

Com'ma noun [ Latin comma part of a sentence, comma, Greek ... clause, from ... to cut off. Confer 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 ...
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Comma

In punctuation, a comma is the point [,] denoting the shortest pause in reading, and separating a sentence into divisions or members according to the construction.
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Comma

The Comma (Polygonia c-album) is a European butterfly of the brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae) family.
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Comma

In music a comma is a small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step). It is seldom used except by tuners.
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comma

[n] - a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence 2. [n] - anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
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comma

comma butterfly noun anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
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comma

Punctuation mark (,) most commonly used to mark off a phrase or noun in apposition, to mark off a subordinate clause or phrase, or to separate items in a list
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221

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comma

the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, esp. when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numera......
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comma

a punctuation mark (,) indicating the separation of elements
Found on https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/1449172

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comma

[TEKS ELAR vocabulary] a punctuation mark (,) indicating the separation of elements
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