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comma

/ˈkɒm.ə/ /ˈkɑm.ə/

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noun

コンマ、読点

The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

Examples :

"Please add a comma after each item: apples, oranges, bananas. "

各項目の後に読点を追加してください：リンゴ、オレンジ、バナナ。

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noun

コンマ、読点

A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.

Examples :

"The Romanian word "ș" has a comma below the s, a similar-looking subscript diacritical mark. "

ルーマニア語の単語「ș」には、sの下にコンマがあり、同様の見た目の下付き文字のダイアクリティカルマークがあります。

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キタテハ属のチョウ

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.

Examples :

"The comma butterfly is a beautiful creature, easily recognized by the white comma shape on its underwings. "

キタテハ属のチョウは美しい生き物で、その下翅にある白いコンマの形で容易に認識できます。

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noun

コンマ

A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.

Examples :

"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. "

ピアノの調律をする際、経験豊富な技術者は、中間のCより上の完全に調律されたAと、純粋な完全五度を積み重ねて計算されたAの間のわずかなコンマを聞き取ることができ、2つの調律方法のわずかな違いを明らかにしました。

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noun

コンマ

A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.

Examples :

"The genetic sequence for the protein showed a comma after the amino acid glycine. "

タンパク質の遺伝子配列は、アミノ酸グリシンの後にコンマを示した。

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noun

コンマ、短い句

In 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.

Examples :

"In ancient Greek rhetoric, a comma was a short, memorable phrase, often marked for emphasis. "

古代ギリシャのレトリックでは、コンマは短く記憶に残るフレーズであり、強調のためにマークされることがよくありました。

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短い間隔, 休止

A brief interval.

Examples :

"There was a short comma between the bell ringing and the students rushing out of the classroom. "

ベルが鳴り、生徒たちが教室から飛び出すまでの間に、短い間隔があった。

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verb

読点を入れる

To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.

Examples :

"The editor asked me to comma the list of ingredients after each item. "

編集者は私に、各項目の後に材料リストに読点を付けるように頼んだ。

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