semicolon

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

semicolon
    n 1: a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent
         clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Semicolon \Sem"i*co`lon\, n.
   The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between
   parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked
   by a comma.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

semicolon
;

   ;

   Common: {ITU-T}: semicolon; {semi}.  Rare: weenie; {INTERCAL}:
   hybrid, pit-thwong.

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