The tilde (/ ˈtɪldə /, also / ˈtɪld, - di, - deɪ /) [1] is a grapheme ˜ or ~ with a number of uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish tilde, which in turn came from the Latin titulus, meaning 'title' or 'superscription'. [2] . Its primary use is as a diacritic (accent) in combination with a base letter. More @Wikipedia
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