figure dash

== English == === Etymology === The name comes from the fact that the symbol is the width of a single digit in fonts where this width is constant. === Noun === figure dash (plural figure dashes) The punctuation mark ⟨‒⟩ (used when a dash must be used in numbers). ==== Usage notes ==== If a dash is used to express a range (such as "the numbers from 1 to 10"), an en dash is used instead of a figure dash ("the numbers 1–100"). === See also === figure dash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia