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figure dash

figure dash noun: the punctuation mark ⟨‒⟩ (used when a dash must be used in numbers).

Noun

figure dash (plural figure dashes)

  1. The punctuation mark ⟨‒⟩ (used when a dash must be used in numbers).

Forms of figure dash

pluralfigure dashes

Origin of figure dash

The name comes from the fact that the symbol is the width of a single digit in fonts where this width is constant.

Questions about figure dash

What does figure dash mean?
Figure dash means the punctuation mark ⟨‒⟩ (used when a dash must be used in numbers).
What part of speech is figure dash?
Figure dash is a noun.
What is the plural of figure dash?
The plural of figure dash is figure dashes.

Words near figure dash in the dictionary

  1. figure 9
  2. figure 9s
  3. figure away
  4. figure axes
  5. figure axis
  6. figure dash
  7. figure dashes
  8. figure eight
  9. figure eighted
  10. figure eighting
  11. figure eights

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