Meaning

1 senses
  1. The punctuation mark ⟨‒⟩ (used when a dash must be used in numbers).

Origin

The name comes from the fact that the symbol is the width of a single digit in fonts where

The name comes from the fact that the symbol is the width of a single digit in fonts where this width is constant.

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Forms

plural: figure dashes
Singularfigure dash
Pluralfigure dashes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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