"Harvard comma" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-Harvard comma.oga Forms: Harvard commas [plural]
Etymology: From Harvard University Press, where such use is the house style. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Harvard comma (plural Harvard commas)
  1. (typography, US) The serial comma. Wikipedia link: Harvard University Press Tags: US Categories (topical): Punctuation marks, Typography Synonyms: Oxford comma (english: UK & US), serial comma (english: UK & US)
    Sense id: en-Harvard_comma-en-noun-eFDsojTQ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: media, publishing, typography

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