These are encoded in Unicode at U+0303 ◌̃ COMBINING TILDE and U+007E ~ TILDE (as a spacing character), and there are additional similar characters for different roles. The tilde has since been applied to a number of other uses as a diacritic mark or a character in its own right. Medieval European charters written in Latin are largely made up of such abbreviated words with suspension marks only uncommon words were given in full. This saved on the expense of the scribe's labour and the cost of vellum and ink. Such a mark could denote the omission of one letter or several letters. Thus the commonly used words Anno Domini were frequently abbreviated to A o Dñi, an elevated terminal with a suspension mark placed above the "n". The reason for the name was that it was originally written over a letter as a scribal abbreviation, as a "mark of suspension", shown as a straight line when used with capitals. The name of the character came into English from Spanish, which in turn came from the Latin titulus, meaning "title" or "superscription". The tilde ( / ˈ t ɪ l d ə/ ˜ or ~) is a grapheme with several uses.
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