en dash

noun

en dash

noun

Etymology Named for its width, which is equal to the width of the letter n or N, or approximately half the width of an em dash.

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Media, Publishing, Typography The punctuation mark –, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range.

Related terms
em dash, en space, hyphen, rule

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