/ˈtɪld/ or /ˈtɪldə/; ‘tilde’ is often pronounced as ‘teedle’

Definitions

1. noun

a diagonal line (~) used to indicate a missing or replaced vowel in Spanish and other languages, or to denote a tilting or inclining motion, especially of the head or body

“The linguist explained that the tilde was used to indicate the missing vowel in the word “café”.”

2. verb

to move or incline from the vertical, especially in a sloping or tilting manner

“The tree branches will eventually tilde under the weight of the snow.”

3. symbol

a symbol (~) used in various contexts, such as in mathematics to represent a variable or a function, or in computing to represent a tilde key on a keyboard

“The mathematician used a tilde to denote the variable in the equation.”