a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
a great choice for fixing a comma splice
a pause somewhere in a sentence
a stronger punctuation mark than a comma
Semicolons are used to end or terminate a line of code in Java. In a sense, semicolons are like periods at the end of a sentence.
a punctuation mark which indicates a pause longer than a comma, but shorter than a colon
a semicolon indicates the equivalent of two commas, so that it is one-half eDuppu or two additional aksharakaalas. Thus if srgm becomes s;m then sa is first one count but in the second phrase it takes 3 counts
A semicolon ( ; ) is a punctuation mark.