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語源

The name comes from the fact that the symbol is the width of a single digit in fonts where this width is constant.

名詞

figure dash (複数形 figure dashes)

1. The punctuation mark '‒' (used when a dash must be used in numbers).

使用する際の注意点

If a dash is used to express a range (such as "the numbers from 1 to 10") an en dash is used instead of a figure dash ("the numbers 1–100")

参考

• figure dash on Wikipedia.