emdash


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em·dash

or em dash  (ĕm′dăsh′)
n.
A symbol ( — ) used in writing and printing to indicate a break in thought or sentence structure, to introduce a phrase added for emphasis, definition, or explanation, or to separate two clauses.

[From its being the width of an m in printing.]
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