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nouncombining mark (plural combining marks)
plural combining marks
- UnicodeSynonym of combining character.
Unicode allows more than one way of encoding the same character. The string “é”, for example, can be encoded as the single Unicode character \u00E9 or as a regular ASCII e followed by the acute accent combining mark \u0301.
2011, David Flanagan, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 22Synonyms: combining character
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nounSynonym of combining character.
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combining mark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combining%20mark
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