Hypertext Webster Gateway: "semicolon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Semicolon \Sem"i*co`lon\, n.
The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between
parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked
by a comma.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
semicolon
n : a punctuation mark (;) used to connect independent clauses;
indicates a closer relation than does a period
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