semicolon

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English - Turkish
(isim) noktalı virgül
çekitli virgül
{i} noktalı virgül

Yunan soru işareti, bir noktalı virgül gibi görünüyor. - The Greek question mark looks like a semicolon.

Noktalı virgül yeryüzünde en çok korkulan noktalama işaretidir. - The semicolon is the most feared punctuation on earth.

English - English
The punctuation mark ';'

A semicolon is followed by an initial lower-case letter (unless for proper nouns).

{n} a point made or marked thus
Used to end a simple statement
punctuation mark used to mark a break between two complete thoughts or to mark off items in a series when the items themselves contain internal punctuation (such as commas) Sometimes called a strong comma, a semi-colon signals more of a pause than a comma alone, but not the full stop of a period
a punctuation mark (;) used to separate independent clauses or items in a series See for more information: Guide to Grammar and Style Semicolon
a semicolon indicates the equivalent of two commas, so that it is one-half eDuppu or two additional aksharakaalas Thus if srgm becomes s;m then sa is first one count but in the second phrase it takes 3 counts
The character ; used as a punctuation mark indicating a pause longer than the comma and shorter than a period/full stop
a punctuation mark which indicates a pause longer than a comma, but shorter than a colon
The character ; used in various ways in programming languages (for example, to mark the end of a statement in C)
a punctuation mark used to divide (or link) main clauses without using a coordinating conjunction (and/but) and to separate word groups in a series that contains commas
a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
{i} punctuation mark consisting of a period over a comma (the mark ; )
The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma
a punctuation mark (;) used to separate different parts of a sentence or list
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