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SidDithers

(44,228 posts) Wed Nov 7, 2012, 01:13 AM Nov 2012

Obama's lead in Florida is ~53,000 votes...

if that lead holds up, the difference will be greater than 0.5%, the threshold at which an automatic recount in triggered.

Sid

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Obama's lead in Florida is ~53,000 votes... (Original Post) SidDithers Nov 2012 OP

you might want to remove the minus sign Applan Nov 2012 #1

That's a tilde... SidDithers Nov 2012 #2

That's a ~, not a - DreamGypsy Nov 2012 #3

Applan

(693 posts)

1. you might want to remove the minus sign

Reply to SidDithers (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 01:20 AM

Nov 2012

But great news!

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)

2. That's a tilde...

Reply to Applan (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 01:27 AM

Nov 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde

It's used to say "approximately"

Sid

DreamGypsy

(2,252 posts)

3. That's a ~, not a -

Reply to Applan (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 01:29 AM

Nov 2012

A tilde or colloquially a 'twiddle' character '~' indicates from Wikipedia:

Common use

This symbol (in English) sometimes means "approximately", such as: "~30 minutes ago" meaning "approximately 30 minutes ago".[2] It can mean "similar to",[3] including "of the same order of magnitude as",[4] such as: x ~ y" meaning that x and y are of the same order of magnitude. Another approximation symbol is ?, meaning "approximately equal to

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