ALL meanings of ampersand
am·per·sand
A a - countable noun ampersand An ampersand is the sign &, used to represent the word 'and.' 3
- noun ampersand the character (&), meaning and 3
- noun ampersand a sign (& or 57411) meaning and: it represents the Latin word et (and) 3
- noun ampersand character: & 1
- noun Technical meaning of ampersand (character) "&" ASCII character 38. Common names: ITU-T, INTERCAL: ampersand; amper; and. Rare: address (from C); reference (from C++); bitand; background (from sh); pretzel; amp. A common symbol for "and", used as the "address of" operator in C, the "reference" operator in C++ and a bitwise and or logical and operator in several programming languages. Visual BASIC uses it as the string concatenation operator and to prefix octal and hexadecimal numbers. The ampersand is a ligature (combination) of the cursive letters "e" and "t", invented in 63 BC by Marcus Tirus [Tiro?] as shorthand for the Latin word for "and", "et". The word ampersand is a conflation (combination) of "and, per se and". Per se means "by itself", and so the phrase translates to "&, standing by itself, means 'and'". This was at the end of the alphabet as it was recited by children in old English schools. The words ran together and were associated with "&". The "ampersand" spelling dates from 1837. 1
- noun ampersand a character or symbol (& or ) for and : Smith & Jones, Inc. 1
- noun ampersand The symbol 1
- noun ampersand The symbol "&". 0