combining character

noun

A character that modifies the appearance of other characters (which are called base characters).

“You can display c with macron (c̄) by merging the combining character macron with the letter c.”

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Meanings

nouncombining character (plural combining characters)

plural combining characters

  1. computingA character that modifies the appearance of other characters (which are called base characters).

    You can display c with macron (c̄) by merging the combining character macron with the letter c.

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    Around 500 precomposed Latin letters, for instance, in the Unicode standard are superfluous, in that they can be represented using combining character sequences.

    2009, Ian H. Witten, David Bainbridge, David M. Nichols, How to Build a Digital Library, 2nd edition, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 383

    Synonyms: combining mark

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA character that modifies the appearance of other characters (which are called base characters).

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combining mark
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combining mark
Cite this entry
APA

combining character. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combining%20character

MLA

“combining character.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combining%20character. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “combining character,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combining%20character.

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