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variation selector

variation selector noun: a metacharacter in Unicode that selects one of a set of semantically equivalent glyphs.

Noun

variation selector (plural variation selectors)

  1. (Unicode) A metacharacter in Unicode that selects one of a set of semantically equivalent glyphs.

Forms of variation selector

pluralvariation selectors

Questions about variation selector

What does variation selector mean?
Variation selector means a metacharacter in Unicode that selects one of a set of semantically equivalent glyphs.
What part of speech is variation selector?
Variation selector is a noun.
What is the plural of variation selector?
The plural of variation selector is variation selectors.

Words near variation selector in the dictionary

  1. variation compass
  2. variation compasses
  3. variation of the field
  4. variation ratio
  5. variation ratios
  6. variation selector
  7. variation selectors
  8. variational
  9. variational calculus
  10. variationality
  11. variationally

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