Meaning & use
tilde
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The diacritical mark (~) placed over a letter, or used in computing and mathematics to indicate approximation or negation.
See it in a sentence
The letter "n" with a tilde over it, ñ, is pronounced differently in Spanish.
In the file path, a tilde represents the user's home directory.
A note on using this word
In casual writing, a tilde before a number often means "approximately," as in "~10 minutes."
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