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Definition colon

Etymology 1

From Latin c?lon (“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).

Noun

colon (plural colons or cola)

1. The punctuation mark ":".
2. (rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
3. (rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
4. (palaeography) A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.

Etymology 2

From Latin c?lon (“large intestine”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kólon, “the large intestine, also food, meat, fodder”).

Noun

colon (plural colons or cola)

1. (anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.

Etymology 3

From French colon.

Noun

colon (plural colons)

1. (obsolete) A husbandman.
2. A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.

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