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The diacritical mark ( ˜ ), used for example over the letter n in Spanish to indicate the palatal nasal sound (ny), as in cañón, “canyon,” and over the vowels a and o in Portuguese to indicate nasalization, as in pão, “bread.”

A diacritic mark (˜) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate that it is sounded as a palatal n, or very nearly like n followed by y, as in señor, pronounced sã˙nyôr′ , cañon, pronounced känyôn′ , and hence in English written canyon.

The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, ñ, �], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.

The grapheme of character ~.

A key found on some types of keyboards.

The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.

a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization