Definition of Commas. Meaning of Commas. Synonyms of Commas

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Definition of Commas

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 Commas from wikipedia

- Polish, stricter rules apply on comma use between clauses, with dependent clauses always being set off with commas, and commas being generally proscribed before...
- do not use a comma before and or or in a series." The AP Stylebook "Use commas to separate elements in a series, but do not put a comma before the conjunction...
- List-directed input used commas or spaces for delimiters, so unquoted character strings could not contain commas or spaces. The term "comma-separated value" and...
- a combination of commas and semicolons, semicolons have lower precedence than commas, as semicolons separate statements but commas occur within statements...
- 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...
- theory Comma (rhetoric), a short clause in Ancient Gr**** rhetoric "Commas" (song), the censored version of the ****ure song "**** Up Some Commas" Comma, an...
- (2/3) commas in all data axiom - All implied data specifically variable length data can be shown to be consisting of exactly 66.66% (2/3) of commas. Where...
- particular mood or informal style. Some authors use commas to separate short clauses only. The comma splice is more commonly found in works from the 18th...
- different commas. For instance, a commonly used version of five-limit tuning produces a 12-tone scale with four kinds of semitones and four commas. The size...
- Polygonia comma, the eastern comma, is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Nymphalinae. This butterfly is seasonally variable...