noun🔗ShareComaThe punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list."Please add a comma after each item: apples, oranges, bananas. "Por favor, agregue una coma después de cada elemento: manzanas, naranjas, plátanos.grammarlanguagewritingcommunicationlinguisticswordsignChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareComaA similar-looking subscript diacritical mark."The Romanian word "ș" has a comma below the s, a similar-looking subscript diacritical mark. "La palabra rumana "ș" tiene una coma debajo de la s, una marca diacrítica subscrita de aspecto similar.grammarlanguagewritinglinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareComa (mariposa)Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia."The comma butterfly is a beautiful creature, easily recognized by the white comma shape on its underwings. "La coma (mariposa) es una criatura hermosa, fácilmente reconocible por la forma de coma blanca en sus alas inferiores.animalinsectnaturebiologyorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareComaA difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways."When tuning his piano, the experienced technician could hear the tiny comma between the perfectly tuned A above middle C and the A calculated by stacking pure perfect fifths, revealing the slight difference between the two tuning methods. "Al afinar su piano, el técnico experimentado podía oír la pequeña coma entre el la perfectamente afinado por encima del do central y el la calculado apilando quintas perfectas puras, revelando la ligera diferencia entre los dos métodos de afinación.mathtechnicalmusicphysicsnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareComaA delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence."The genetic sequence for the protein showed a comma after the amino acid glycine. "La secuencia genética de la proteína mostró una coma después del aminoácido glicina.biologybiochemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareComa, cláusula cortaIn Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma."In ancient Greek rhetoric, a comma was a short, memorable phrase, often marked for emphasis. "En la retórica griega antigua, una coma era una frase corta y memorable, a menudo marcada para enfatizarla.grammarlanguagelinguisticswritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareIntervalo breve, pausaA brief interval."There was a short comma between the bell ringing and the students rushing out of the classroom. "Hubo un breve intervalo entre el timbre y la salida apresurada de los estudiantes del aula.grammarwritinglanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePoner comasTo place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas."The editor asked me to comma the list of ingredients after each item. "El editor me pidió que pusiera comas en la lista de ingredientes después de cada artículo.grammarlanguagelinguisticswritingwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading