Hypertext Webster Gateway: "comma"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. ?
clause, fr. ? to cut off. Cf. {Capon}.]
1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of
a sentence, written or printed.
2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major
and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
{Comma bacillus} (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped
like a comma, found in the intestines of patients
suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having
a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera
bacillus}.
{Comma butterfly} (Zo["o]l.), an American butterfly ({Grapta
comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under
side of the wings.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
comma
n 1: a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of
elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
2: anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the
underside of each hind wing [syn: {comma butterfly}, {Polygonia
comma}]
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