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"etymology_text": "The name comes from the fact that the symbol is the width of a single digit in fonts where this width is constant.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "figure dashes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-noun"
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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],
"glosses": [
"The punctuation mark '‒' (used when a dash must be used in numbers)."
],
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],
"word": "figure dash"
}
{
"etymology_text": "The name comes from the fact that the symbol is the width of a single digit in fonts where this width is constant.",
"forms": [
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"form": "figure dashes",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
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"English nouns"
],
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"The punctuation mark '‒' (used when a dash must be used in numbers)."
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