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==Translingual==

===Punctuation mark===
{{mul-punctuation mark|head=[[-]][[-]]}}

# {{n-g|Informal form of {{l|mul|–}} ([[en dash]]) or {{l|mul|—}} ([[em dash]]), in use due to technical restrictions or convenience of entry.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|termlang=mul|year=1987|chapter=Armageddon Now!|title=w:Classic X-Men|section=#15
|passage=Seven mutants '''--''' gifted (though many might say cursed) at birth with powers that set them forever apart from the mainstream of humanity, too often feared and hated by those who they have sworn to protect '''--''' banded together by Charles Xavier and sent forth to play the role of heroes.}}
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|termlang=mul|date=November 20 2001|author=Dane Martin|title=Re: I'm skipping school today...|id=20011120152118.09919.00000942@mb-fh.aol.com|newsgroup=alt.litterbox|url=https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.litterbox/33loOqyf7ak/i3ioeKRvqL0J
|passage=I'm telling you '''--''' the hobos! THE HOBOS!}}

===Symbol===
{{head|mul|symbol|head=[[-]][[-]]}}

# {{lb|mul|programming}} [[decrement|Decrement]] by 1 in certain [[programming language]]s such as [[C]] and [[Java]].
# {{lb|mul|programming}} {{ng|Starts a single-line [[comment]] in some [[programming language]]s, including [[Ada]], [[Haskell]]{{,}} and [[Lua]], as well as some [[query language]]s.}}
#: {{ux|en|<code>if pizza {{=}}{{=}} "plain cheese" '''--''' Checks if pizza is "plain cheese".</code>}}
#: {{ux|en|<code>SELECT id, name, birth_date '''--''' Selects fields from a table.</code>}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|single line comment}} [[://]]

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|decrement}} [[++]]

===Letter===
{{morse code audio|M}}
{{mul-morse letter}}

# {{morse code for|M}} (Latin)
# {{morse code for|М}} (Cyrillic)

====See also====
{{morse links}}

==Greek==

===Letter===
{{el-morse letter}}

# {{morse code for|Μ}}

==Hebrew==

===Letter===
{{he-morse letter}}

# {{morse code for|מ}}

==Japanese==

===Letter===
{{ja-morse letter}}

# {{morse code for|ヨ}}
# {{morse code for|ョ}}

==Thai==

===Letter===
{{th-morse letter}}

# {{morse code for|ม}}