Tilde Use in Reports
Tilde Use in Reports
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Is it acceptable to use the tilde (~) in reports, or is it better to write out "appox" or "approximately"?
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From my experience, "~" has never been acceptable. When a report is copied, it can look like "-". Either spell it out or use "approx.".
Chris
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"We will send you 3 (three) copies of...."
or
"We will send you three (3) copies of...."
as if the number needs explanation, I never know why so many people write this way, except on a bank cheque where a hand-written number might be misread.
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I never understood neither why number are written this way. Maybe to avoid confusing 3's and 8's or 1's and 7's on paper copies, depending on the font you use...
Also, I wouldn't use ~ but I would write "approx."
Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France
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English speakers in the US use "check" for both.
Don't know who says what elsewhere.
A.
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Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France
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http://mathworld.wolfram.com/OrderofMagnitude.html
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Frenglish...lol, didn't know this word actually existed in english too
Cyril Guichard
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France
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Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France
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Wait... isn't this an engineering forum, your statement seems contradictory
I use tilde for approximately in informal electronic communications. If it were a report I'd track down the appropriate character for the font set.
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That's only for a tilde used as an operator between two other symbols or quantities.
Just a tilde before a number in a sentence is an informal means of indicating approximation.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde
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Since I "just said no," I have not had one single problem associated with this.
I also never say "Pier No. 4" and just say "Pier 4" instead. And I do not use quotes around letter designations (Ramp B, not Ramp 'B'). Again, no dire consequences!
This improves consistency, saves time and uses less ink.
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It beats me why one is described as meaning 'approximately equal to' and the other is described as meaning 'almost equal to' in the TGML character list. To me they are fairly interchangeable, but I expect I'm about to learn differently from someone who knows the difference.
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According to wikipedia, the lack of the squiggly equal sign on a standard keyboard led to use by some of tilde instead.
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as in "analysis shows the stress levels are (~) kinda OK"
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In some ways, I'd like to see redundancy like that in drawings, too. In my advanced state of decrepitude, it's not always easy to distinguish the numerals '8' and '6', especially on a reduced print, especially with a fancy pseudo- lettering font.
Most civilians understand the tilde better than they understand concepts like significant digits.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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This unit is to be applied (in lower case) as a suffix to the reported figure, but before the multiplier and dimensioned unit.
For example: 100ish km.
A.
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"Ca" or "cirka" is commonly used in our corner of the world. We also use ? for "approximately".
Gunnar Englund
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Cyril Guichard
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France