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The ellipsis (/ ə ˈ l ɪ p s ɪ s /, plural ellipses; from Ancient Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, lit. ' leave out ' [1]), rendered ..., alternatively described as suspension points [2]: 19 /dots, points [2]: 19 /periods of ellipsis, or ellipsis points, [2]: 19 or colloquially, dot-dot-dot, [3] [4] is a punctuation mark consisting of a series of three dots.
In Perl [2] and Raku [3] the 3-character ellipsis is also known as the "yada yada yada" operator and, similarly to its linguistic meaning, serves as a "stand-in" for code to be inserted later. Python3 also allows the 3-character ellipsis to be used as an expressive place-holder for code to be inserted later.
An ellipsis at the end of a sentence with no sentence following should be followed by a period (for a total of four dots). However, there is such a thing as a four-dot ellipsis. A four-dot ellipsis is required for the removal of more than one word. So is there a four dot ellipsis or not? -- ayteebee 16:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
According to the “invisible grammarian” McCulloch says Boomers still have in mind, the proper way to bring together informal thoughts is with an ellipsis. “The dot-dot-dot is trying to be ...
horizontal ellipsis (three dot leader, m leader) ‰ ‰ U+2030 HTML 4.0 HTMLspecial ISOtech per mille sign ‱ ‱ U+2031 HTML 5.0 ISOtech per ten thousand sign (basis point) ′ ′ U+2032 HTML 4.0 HTMLsymbol ISOtech prime (arcminutes feet) ″ ″ U+2033 HTML 4.0 HTMLsymbol ISOtech double prime (arcseconds inches) &tprime ...
The ellipsis was adopted into Japanese from European languages. The ellipsis is often three dots or six dots (in two groups of three dots), though variations in number of dots exist. The dots can be either on the baseline or centred between the baseline and the ascender when horizontal; the dots are centred horizontally when vertical. Other uses:
If there are multiple numbers used for one person/entity, the symbol "~" is usually used to avoid repetitions. For example, if one company has three phone numbers—031-111-1111, 031-111-1112 and 031-111-1113—then they are shortened as in 031-111-1111~3. If the numbers are not consecutive, then the last digit is written together with commas.
Ellipsis (linguistics), the omission from a clause of words otherwise syntactically required by remaining elements; Verb phrase ellipsis, an elliptical construction in which a verb phrase has been left out (elided)