See Also: comma(dictionary)
comma(dictionary)
comma bacillus(medicine)
inverted comma(dictionary)
comma bundle of Schultze(medicine)
comma tract of Schultze(medicine)

comma (iou)



comma noun. L16.
[Latin from Greek komma piece cut off, short clause.]
In Classical Prosody & Rhetoric, a phrase or group of words shorter than a colon (COLON noun2 1); loosely (now rare or obsolete) a short clause or phrase within a sentence. L16.
b. A clause or short passage of a treatise or argument. L16-L17.
A punctuation mark (now , ) indicating the least discontinuity of grammatical construction, also used to separate (groups of) figures etc. L16.
b. A short pause such as may be indicated by a comma. L16.
c. fig. A break of continuity, an interval, a pause. E17.
Music. A definite minute interval or difference of pitch. L16.
In full inverted comma. A comma (sense 2) placed upside down (single or paired) above the line before a quotation; in pl. also, quotation marks (including the erect comma(s) or apostrophe(s) above the line closing a quotation). E18.
In full comma butterfly. A nymphalid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, having a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of the wing. M18.
In full comma bacillus. A cholera bacillus (of curved shape). L19.