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Nov 29, 2009
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sem•i•co•lon



Pronunciation: (sem'i-kō"lun), [key]
n.
the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.

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