Meaning ampersand
What does ampersand mean? Here you find 8 meanings of the word ampersand. You can also add a definition of ampersand yourself

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ampersand


1837, contraction of and per se and, meaning "(the character) '&' by itself is 'and' " (a hybrid phrase, partly in Latin, partly in English). The distinction is to av [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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ampersand


n. The character &; and.
Source: easypacelearning.com

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ampersand


Use and rather than &, unless it’s a department’s logo image.
Source: gov.uk

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The symbol & derived from a fusion of the letters of the Latin word et, meaning "and." Under AACR2, when the title proper contains an ampersand (example: Notes & Queries), it is tran [..]
Source: abc-clio.com

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ampersand


The & character.
Source: filestore.harpercollins.co.uk

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ampersand


(n) a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
Source: beedictionary.com

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the character made thus, “&” = and. In the old Horn-books, after giving the twenty-six letters, the character & was added, and was called “Ampersand,” a cor [..]
Source: bartleby.com

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<character> "&" ASCII character 38. Common names: ITU-T, INTERCAL: ampersand; amper; and. Rare: address (from C); reference (from C++); bitand; background (from sh); pretzel; amp. A common symbol for "and", used as the "address of" operator in C, the "reference" operator in C++ and a bitwise AND ope [..]
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