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/ˈkɒm.ə/ /ˈkɑm.ə/

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noun

Запятая

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. "

Пожалуйста, добавьте запятую после каждого элемента: яблоки, апельсины, бананы.

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Запятая

A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.

Examples :

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

В румынском слове «ș» под буквой s стоит запятая, похожий на нее подстрочный диакритический знак.

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Запятая (бабочка)

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. "

Запятая (бабочка) — красивое создание, которое легко узнать по белой форме запятой на его нижних крыльях.

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Запятая

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. "

Настраивая свое пианино, опытный техник мог услышать крошечную запятую между идеально настроенной ля выше среднего до и ля, рассчитанной путем наложения чистых совершенных квинт, что выявило небольшую разницу между двумя методами настройки.

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Запятая

A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.

Examples :

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

Генетическая последовательность белка показала запятую после аминокислоты глицин.

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Запятая, короткое предложение

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. "

В древнегреческой риторике запятая представляла собой короткую, запоминающуюся фразу, часто выделяемую для акцента.

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Пауза, перерыв

A brief interval.

Examples :

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

Между звонком и тем, как ученики выбегали из класса, была короткая пауза.

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verb

Ставить запятые

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. "

Редактор попросил меня поставить запятые в списке ингредиентов после каждого пункта.

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