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Colon
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(I) (Gr. KOXov, miswritten and mispronounced as Kt Aov, the term being taken from KOXos, curtailed), in anatomy, that part of the greater intestine which extends from the caecum to the rectum (see Alimentary Canal). (2) (Gr. KWAov, a member or part), originally in Greek rhetoric a short clause longer than the "comma," hence a mark (:), in punctuation, used to show a break in construction greater than that marked by the semicolon (;), and less than that marked by the period or full stop. The sign is also used in psalters and the like to mark off periods for chanting. The word is applied in palaeography to a unit of measure in MSS., amounting in length to a hexameter line.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Colon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/colon.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Colon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/colon.html. 1910.
