comma (EN)

noun

noun “comma”

1. the punctuation mark (,) used to separate parts of a sentence or items in a list
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   She used a comma to separate each clause in her long sentence.
2. a butterfly of the genus Polygonia that has a small comma-shaped mark on its underwings
   We watched a bright orange comma flutter across the garden path.
3. (in music) a small difference in pitch between two intervals that are otherwise considered the same
   Using the Pythagorean tuning results in the Pythagorean comma between diatonically equivalent notes.
4. (in genetics) a delimiter used to separate items in a genetic code
   Removing a comma in the DNA sequence caused an unexpected protein change.
5. (in rhetoric, in Ancient Greek) a short phrase or clause, often indicated by a comma
   An orator might pause slightly for a comma to emphasize a point.