It's called a tilde, and it lets you turn the gravity off. From Wordnik.com. [Computer And Video Games] Reference
The tilde is the ~, probably located at the upper left of your keyboard. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
Use a "tilde" e.g.: "~infosys" finds IT companies similar to Infosys 13. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Thanx~ is called a tilde. From Wordnik.com. [LinuxQuestions.org] Reference
For the N + tilde and other special characters, go here. From Wordnik.com. [El Morro] Reference
Corrected the tilde and forgot the rest: /pɔr o pr̃ɛs/. From Wordnik.com. [Port-au-Prince, Haiti | Linguism | Language Blog] Reference
I live in Cd. Acuna and there should be a tilde over the n. From Wordnik.com. [Some Things I'll Never Learn (about living in Mexico)] Reference
Adding a tilde ~ to a search term will return related terms. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
So in tilde.account.views.py I have a basic S3 account view. From Wordnik.com. [November 2008] Reference
Text enclosed by tilde marks was in bold face in the original. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Adding a tilde (~) to a search term will return related terms. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Also, cannot limit to personal pages as designated by the tilde ~. From Wordnik.com. [Internet News: Alltheweb Changes The new color] Reference
A final handy tip: The tilde ~ is equivalent to your home directory. From Wordnik.com. [Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage] Reference
Now I know how it works with your web page: The tilde must come first. From Wordnik.com. [Port-au-Prince, Haiti | Linguism | Language Blog] Reference
(Unicode) text readers: ẽõũỹ = vowel with “tilde” or overline. From Wordnik.com. [The Example of Vertu The Example of Virtue] Reference
Using the tilde on español but not the cedilla on français is sloppy. From Wordnik.com. [2008 August « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
Como han pasado los anos, indeed. (sorry, no tilde, don't even comment!!). From Wordnik.com. [Amor y romanticismo 3] Reference
Say, I think I missed a tilde in the title...naw, can't be that important. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
(Unicode) text readers: ãẽĩõũỹ = vowel with “tilde” or overline. From Wordnik.com. [The cõforte of louers The Comfort of Lovers] Reference
It's all true, and thanks for silently giving me my missing tilde on the n. From Wordnik.com. [The Obama Infomercial: How To Spend Their War Chest Before The Election Is Over] Reference
I like the tilde, it's got style... a bit confusing for the Unix folks though. From Wordnik.com. [June 2008] Reference
IIGZIP. EXE (self-extracting) or IIGZIP. ZIP are tilde (~) delimited text files. From Wordnik.com. [Demulen Birth Control Pills Still Lactose Free] Reference
A tilde in front of a number (e.g., ~ 9 cubed feet) indicates the number is rough. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Chameides: 1950s vs. 2000s: The Drive to Supersize] Reference
Popozao is written as one word and with a tilde over the 'a' like this: Popozão. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: January 29, 2006 - February 4, 2006 Archives] Reference
Somedays I get the tilde, others I get garbage, communicating with the same person. From Wordnik.com. [enowning] Reference
The Portuguese word is not sabao, but sabão — note the tilde — which is a nasal vowel. From Wordnik.com. [This is soap?] Reference
Bubba; have you ever encountered "Flor de Cana (imagine the tilde)" vodka in San Cristobal?. From Wordnik.com. [Letter From San Crist�bal] Reference
The blog was housed on my own personal server with an inpenetrable URL containing a tilde (~). From Wordnik.com. [2007 July : Scrubbles.net] Reference
• Is there an AOL or other Internet service provider address, or a tilde (~) sign in the URL?. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Judging Your Internet Catch] Reference
This probably means that searchers will have less need to use the tilde as a "synonym operator". From Wordnik.com. [Internet News: Synonyms at Google] Reference
Page 138: PSPICVE without tilde as in original, probably intended as an abbreviation for PERSPICUE. From Wordnik.com. [Luca Signorelli] Reference
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