swung dash

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swung dash - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  swung dash
      n 1: a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of
           a word

swung dash - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  swung dash
  
     <character> A character similar to tilde but appearing
     in the same vertical position as a dash, i.e. half way up
     rather than at the top like tilde.  ASCII does not include a
     swung dash so tilde is used instead.
  
     It is commonly used for "approximates" or "is approximately
     equal to".
  
     (1997-06-28)