tilde

IPA: tˈɪɫd

The grapheme of character ~.
A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
(logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.

Examples of "tilde" in Sentences

It's called a tilde, and it lets you turn the gravity off.
Use a "tilde" e.g.: "~infosys" finds IT companies similar to Infosys 13
The tilde is the ~, probably located at the upper left of your keyboard.
I need a better domain, one without a tilde which is a pain to type, though once you add it to your Blackberry bookmarks it’s just a click.
And I had one other idea convoed to me through Etsy... a "tilde" which is that squiggly punctuation mark used in the Spanish language over an "N".
To type the ñ Press the shift key and the tilde key ~ nothing will happen until you press the n key, when you do it in sequence you will get the ñ.
Far too many people mistakenly refer to this key as the tilde (~) key because the tilde is the shifted character over the accent grave on standard US keyboards.