Comma

Definition of Comma

Com´ma
n.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
(Zool.) an American butterfly (Grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.

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ampersand, angle brackets, apostrophe, boundary, braces, caesura, colon, dash, decimal point, diagonal, dot, ellipsis, exclamation mark, full stop, hyphen, interval, juncture, lull, parens, parentheses, pause, period, point, question mark, quotation marks, quotes, semicolon, single quotes, solidus, stop, virgule
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