figure dash

English - English

Definition of figure dash in English English dictionary

the punctuation mark '‒' (used when a dash must be used in numbers)

Hyphenation

fi·gure dash

Turkish pronunciation

fîgyır däş

Pronunciation

/ˈfəgyər ˈdasʜ/ /ˈfɪɡjɜr ˈdæʃ/

Etymology

() Name comes from the fact that the symbol is the width of a single digit in fonts where this width is constant.