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Definition of: tilde
(til′də, -dē) noun
1. A sign (~) used in Spanish over n to indicate nasal palatalization or the sound of ny, as in cañon, canyon.
2. The same sign (usually called til) used in Portuguese over a vowel or the first vowel of a dipthong to indicate nasalization, as in lã, Camões. [<Sp. <L titulus superscription, title]
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