"variation selector" meaning in All languages combined

See variation selector on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: variation selectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} variation selector (plural variation selectors)
  1. (computing, typography) A metacharacter in Unicode that selects one of a set of semantically equivalent glyphs. Categories (topical): Computing, Typography

Inflected forms

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