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What is the name of this writing mark (~)?

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The tilde is a grapheme with several uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish and from Portuguese, which in turn came from the Latin titulus, meaning "title" or "superscription". In lexicography, the swung dash (⁓) are used in dictionaries to indicate the omission of the entry word.

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