"comma-point" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: comma-points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} comma-point (plural comma-points)
  1. (typography, obsolete) Synonym of comma ⟨,⟩. Wikipedia link: comma-point Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Punctuation marks, Typography Synonyms: comma [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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