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Definitions for Comma

[1] the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
[2] Classical Prosody . a fragment or smaller section of a colon. the part of dactylic hexameter beginning or ending with the caesura. the caesura itself.
[3] Music . the minute, virtually unheard difference in pitch between two enharmonic tones, as G♯ and A♭.
[4] any of several nymphalid butterflies, as Polygonia comma, having a comma-shaped silver mark on the underside of each hind wing.
[5] the punctuation mark(,) indicating a slight pause in the spoken sentence and used where there is a listing of items or to separate a nonrestrictive clause or phrase from a main clause
[6] music a minute interval
[7] short for comma butterfly

Words related to Comma

interval, mark, punctuation

Words nearby Comma

comity of nations, comix, coml., comm badge, comm., comma, comma bacillus, comma butterfly, comma fault, comma position, comma splice

Origin of Comma

1520–30; < Late Latin: mark of punctuation, Latin: division of a phrase < Greek kómma piece cut off (referring to the phrase so marked), equivalent to kop- (base of kóptein to strike, chop) + -ma noun suffix denoting result of action (with assimilation of p )

Word origin for Comma

C16: from Latin, from Greek komma clause, from koptein to cut

Synonyms for Comma

interval, mark, punctuation