See also punctuation The colon is a punctuation mark with four main uses: • It can introduce a list of items. ‘We need for the writing corner: a computer, lined paper, sugar paper, pens, pencils and crayons.’ • It may replace a...

1 Linguistic unit in classical rhetoric which occurs between two breath pauses, contains seven to sixteen syllables, forms a unit of meaning, and is made up of several dependent subunits ( comma1). 2 Punctuation mark ‹:› used to direct...

n. 1. The symbol:, occasionally invoked to mark the distinctive type of boundary occurring between the elements of a compound. McCawley (1968). 2. The symbol used in the IPA to indicate that a preceding segment is long, as in Finnish ‘cat’...

In the anatomy of the digestive system, the colon is another name for the large intestine. The main function of the colon appears to be extraction of water from feces. In mammals, it consists of the ascending colon, transverse colon, the descending...