See Also: Colon(health)
colon(2)(dictionary)
colon(medicine)
colon(1)(dictionary)
colon(dictionary)
colon(encyclopedia)
colon(dictionary)
COLON(tourism)
transverse colon(medicine)
El Salvador Colon(finance)

colon(2) (iou)



colon noun2. , in sense 2 -s. M16.
[Latin from Greek kolon limb, clause.]
In Classical Prosody & Rhetoric, (a pause of intermediate length before) a distinct section of a complex sentence or rhythmical period. In Palaeography, a clause or group of clauses written as a line or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts. M16.
A punctuation mark consisting of two dots placed one above the other (:), indicating a discontinuity of grammatical construction, though one less than that indicated by a period or full stop, and now esp. marking antithesis, illustration, quotation, or listing (sometimes with a dash :), or between numbers in a proportion, reference, etc. See also SEMICOLON. E17.