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combining marks

combining marks is the plural of combining mark.

Meaning of combining mark

Noun

combining mark (plural combining marks)

  1. (Unicode) Synonym of combining character.
    • Unicode allows more than one way of encoding the same character. The string “é”, for example, can be encoded as the single Unicode character \u00E9 or as a regular ASCII e followed by the acute accent combining mark \u0301.2011, David Flanagan, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 22

Questions about combining marks

What is combining marks the plural of?
Combining marks is the plural of combining mark.

Words near combining marks in the dictionary

  1. combining character
  2. combining characters
  3. combining form
  4. combining forms
  5. combining mark
  6. combining marks
  7. combining weight
  8. combining weights
  9. combinings
  10. combis
  11. combjellies

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