Comma
Comma , noun
[Latin comma part of a sentence, comma, Greek {not transcribed} clause, from {not transcribed} to cut off. Compare Capon.]
1.
A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
2.
(Music) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
Collocations (2)
Comma bacillus (Physiology) , a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also cholera bacillus.
Comma butterfly (Zoology) , an American butterfly (Grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.