How do you use the tilde key?

Answer 1

A diacritical mark (˜) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate the palatal nasal sound (ny), as in cañon, or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization, as in lã, pão.

A symbol used in Windows, starting with Windows 95, that maintains a short version of a long file or directory name for compatibility with Windows 3.1 and DOS. For example, the short version of a file named "Letter to Joe" would be LETTER~1. Then "Letter to Pat" becomes LETTER~2. In the Unix world, all the popular Unix shells (except for the Bourne shell) support a home directory name substitution using the tilde. Also called a "squiggle" or "twiddle," the symbol is used as a prefix to a user login name to specify that user's home directory. For example, if your user name were "jackson," you would use ~jackson to refer to your home directory. The tilde symbol is a Spanish accent that turns the letter "n" into a "nyeh" sound such as in the word mañana, which is pronounced "mah-nyah-nah" and means "morning" or "tomorrow." The tilde is also used as a mathematical symbol that means the difference between two values or an equivalency between two values. The tilde can also be used as an abbreviation to indicate approximation. ~50 = "approximately 50." It is technically supposed to be two tildes, one over the other, but it has become common to simply use the one symbol. Also, the tilde is used in Symbolic Logic to indicate a "not" value. ~A = "not A." A --> ~B = "If A, then not B"

Answer 2

To type the Spanish letter "n with a tilde over it," hold down the Alt key while typing the following four digits on the numeric keypad: 0241

That's for lower case. For upper case, the four digits are 0209.

Answer 3

The tilde is usually the upper left key of the first line of a keyboard (` or ~).

To type a tilde, hold shift and press that key.

Spanish tilde N

To type a tilde n, hold down the ALT key and press the number 0241, which is ñ.

To type a tilde capital N, hold down the ALT key and press 0209, which is Ñ.

Answer 4

On my Swedish keyboard you have to press the Alt Gr key and then the key on the top letter row nearest the Enter key... I'm sure it's another key on English keyboards and I have no idea which key on Spanish keyboard.

Answer 5

How To Write An Enye (or an N with a tilde) On A Mac

To write an Enye (or an N with a tilde) - ñ - on your Mac, simply follow these steps:

(1) Press option + n on your keyboard, then release. You should see the tilde (the little squiggly line).

(2) Then press n (or shift + n for the uppercase version).

What other characters can I put a tilde on?

You can also put a tilde on the letter A and the letter O:

• option + n, a = ã

• option + n, o = õ

For Windows systems:

To write an n with a tilde on Windows, hold down the ALT key, type 0241 on the numeric keypad, then release the ALT key. For N (capital N), use code 0209.

For iPhone or iPad:

If you want to type the n with a tilde on an iPhone or iPad:

1. Touch and hold the N key until the pop-up menu comes out

2. Slide your finger to the ñ key and release

Answer 6

It's useful to use it in a range of values instead of a hyphen, as in 1941 ~ 1998.

Winter season is Dec. ~ Mar.

Answer 7

The tilde n can be typed by holding down the ALT key and pressing 164 or 0241.

(produces ñ or ñ ). The capital tilde N is ALT and the numbers 0209 (Ñ).