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commas

/ˈkɑm.əz/ /ˈkɒm.əz/

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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 use the context that I specified above for the example sentence. Here's a good example sentence: "When writing a list of items, like apples, bananas, and oranges, remember to use commas to separate them." "

リンゴ、バナナ、オレンジなどの項目のリストを書くときは、それらを区切るために読点を使用することを忘れないでください。

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noun

同様に見える下付きのダイアクリティカルマーク

A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.

Examples :

"In some languages, letters like "ç" and "ş" have small commas written underneath them as diacritical marks. "

一部の言語では、「ç」や「ş」のような文字の下に、同様に見える下付きのダイアクリティカルマークが書かれています。

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noun

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 :

"While walking through the garden, we spotted several commas fluttering around the flowering bushes, their distinctive comma-shaped markings easily visible on their underwings. "

庭を歩いていると、花咲く茂みの周りを飛び回るキタテハ属のチョウを数匹見かけ、その特徴的なコンマ型の模様が翅の裏側に簡単に見えました。

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noun

違い, ずれ

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

Examples :

"When tuning a piano, slight commas can appear between octaves depending on the method used, making a perfectly "in-tune" piano a mathematical impossibility. "

ピアノの調律では、使用する方法によってオクターブ間にわずかなずれが生じることがあり、完全に「調律された」ピアノは数学的に不可能になります。

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noun

コンマ

A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.

Examples :

"The genetic sequence was difficult to read because it lacked commas to separate the different codons. "

遺伝子配列は、異なるコドンを区切るコンマがなかったため、読みづらかった。

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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, speeches were often broken down into smaller units, and a "commas," defined as a short clause of just a few words, was a common element. "

古代ギリシャのレトリックでは、スピーチはしばしばより小さな単位に分割され、わずか数語の短い句として定義される「コンマ」は一般的な要素でした。

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noun

間隔, 切れ目

A brief interval.

Examples :

"The speaker paused with commas between sentences, giving us time to think about what he said. "

話し手は文の間に間隔を置いて、私たちが彼の言ったことについて考える時間を与えました。

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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 teacher asked us to commas the list of ingredients to make it easier to read. "

先生は、読みやすくするために材料のリストに読点を付けるように頼みました。

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