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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  Comma
       
          COMputable MAthematics.
       
          An ESPRIT project at KU Nijmegen.
       
          (1994-11-30)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  comma
       
           "," ASCII character 44.  Common names: ITU-T:
          comma.  Rare: ITU-T: cedilla; INTERCAL: tail.
       
          In the C programming language, "," is an operator which
          evaluates its first argument (which presumably has
          side-effects) and then returns the value of its second
          argument.  This is useful in "for" statements and macros.
       
          (1995-03-10)
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major
        and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  comma
       n 1: a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of
            elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
       2: anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the
          underside of each hind wing [syn: comma butterfly, Polygonia
          comma]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  comma
     Αγγλικά n.
     κόμμα (σημείο στίξεως)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  comma
     Italian n.
     1 (lb it legal) subsection, subparagraph
     2 (lb it music) (l en comma)
     Latin n.
     1 (lb la in grammar):
     2 # a (l en comma) {gloss|a (l en division), (l en member), or (l en
  section) of a (l en period) smaller than a (l en colon)}
     3 # a comma (gloss: a mark of punctuation)
     4 (lb la in verse) a (l en caesura)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  comma
     n.
     1 (wikipedia)(lb en typography) The punctuation mark ⟨<span
  style="font-size: 2em;">,</span>⟩ used to indicate a
  set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
     2 (lb en Romanian typography) A similar-looking subscript diacritical
  mark.
     3 (lb en entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the
  genus ''Polygonia'', having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings,
  especially (taxlink Polygonia c-album species ver=190708) and (taxlink
  Polygonia c-aureum species ver=190708) of North Africa, Europe, and
  Asia.
     4 (lb en music) A difference in the calculation of nearly identical
  intervals by different ways.
     5 (lb en genetics) A delimiting marker between items in a genetic
  sequence.
     6 (lb en rhetoric) In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause,
  something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In
  antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than
  eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the
  (w: Johannine comma).
     7 (lb en figurative) A brief interval.
     vb.
     (lb en rare transitive) (l en To place a comma or commas within text;
  to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  comma
     Italian n.
     1 (lb it legal) subsection, subparagraph
     2 (lb it music) (l en comma)
     Latin n.
     1 (lb la in grammar):
     2 # a (l en comma) {gloss|a (l en division), (l en member), or (l en
  section) of a (l en period) smaller than a (l en colon)}
     3 # a comma (gloss: a mark of punctuation)
     4 (lb la in verse) a (l en caesura)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  comma
     Italian n.
     1 (lb it legal) subsection, subparagraph
     2 (lb it music) (l en comma)
     Latin n.
     1 (lb la in grammar):
     2 # a (l en comma) {gloss|a (l en division), (l en member), or (l en
  section) of a (l en period) smaller than a (l en colon)}
     3 # a comma (gloss: a mark of punctuation)
     4 (lb la in verse) a (l en caesura)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  comma
     Englanti n.
     1 pilkku (välimerkki)
     2 (yhteys k=en musiikki) komma

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  comma
     Engelska n.
     (tagg språk=en typografi) kommatecken

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Comma /kˈɒmə/
  الفاصلة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  comma //ˈkɑm.ə// //ˈkɒm.ə// 
  запета́я, запетая
  punctuation mark ','

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  comma /kˈɒmə/
  čárka

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  comma /kˈɒmə/ 
  atalnod 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  comma /kˈɒmə/
  C-Falter  [zool.]
           Note: Polygonia c-album

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  comma /kˈɒmə/
  Komma , Beistrich  [Ös.]  [ling.]  [print]
        "put a comma before the relative clause"  - vor dem Relativsatz ein Komma setzen
        "comma-separated values"  - durch Kommata getrennte Werte
   see: commas
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  comma //ˈkɑm.ə// //ˈkɒm.ə// 
  1. herukkaperhonen
  butterfly
  2. pilkku
  punctuation mark ','

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  comma /kɔmə/
  virgule

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  comma /kˈɒmə/
  zarez, zarez (,)

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  comma /kˈɒmə/
  vesszô

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  comma //ˈkɑm.ə// //ˈkɒm.ə// 
  koma
  punctuation mark ','

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  comma //ˈkɑm.ə// //ˈkɒm.ə// 
  コンマ, 読点
  punctuation mark ','

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  comma //ˈkɑm.ə// //ˈkɒm.ə// 
  komma
  punctuation mark ','

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  comma /ˈkɒmə/ 
    przecinek

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  comma /kˈɒmə/
  vírgula

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  comma //ˈkɑm.ə// //ˈkɒm.ə// 
  komma
  punctuation mark ','

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  comma /kˈɒmə/
  1. virgül .comma bacillus virgül şeklinde mikrop, kolera mikrobu. inverted commas tırnak işareti.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (musiq.) comma /kɔmˈa/
  hedig (hedoùigoù)

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  comma /kɔ.ma/ 
  Komma-Dickkopffalter
  papillon

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  comma /kɔ.ma/ 
  coma
  intervalle musical

From italiano-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-bul ]

  comma //ˈkɔmma// 
  назъбване
  capoverso

From italiano-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-ell ]

  comma //ˈkɔmma// 
  παράγραφος
  capoverso

From italiano-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-fin ]

  comma //ˈkɔmma// 
  koloaminen
  capoverso

From italiano-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-ind ]

  comma //ˈkɔmma// 
  alinea
  capoverso

From italiano-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-jpn ]

  comma //ˈkɔmma// 
  段落
  capoverso

From italiano-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-lit ]

  comma //ˈkɔmma// 
  paragrafas
  capoverso

From italiano-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-nor ]

  comma //ˈkɔmma// 
  avsnitt
  capoverso

From italiano-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-swe ]

  comma //ˈkɔmma// 
  indentering
  capoverso

From italiano-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-tur ]

  comma //ˈkɔmma// 
  girinti
  capoverso

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkɑmə/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "comma":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 逗点;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 逗号,逗点

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