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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.
The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;
U+20DB ⃛ COMBINING THREE DOTS ABOVE character is a combining diacritical mark for symbols. When used after U+0020 SPACE, it is used in mathematical notations (and represented with the "tdot" or "TripleDot" entities in HTML 5.0 and MathML 3.0) In music notation, a triple-dotted note is a note with three dots written after it
2 Control-D has been used to signal "end of file" for text typed in at the terminal on Unix / Linux systems. Windows, DOS, and older minicomputers used Control-Z for this purpose. 3 Control-G is an artifact of the days when teletypes were in use. Important messages could be signalled by striking the bell on the teletype.
The following table lists many common symbols, together with their name, how they should be read out loud, and the related field of mathematics. Additionally, the subsequent columns contains an informal explanation, a short example, the Unicode location, the name for use in HTML documents, [1] and the LaTeX symbol.
ONE DOT OVER TWO DOTS PUNCTUATION U+2E2B: Po, other Common ⸬ SQUARED FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION U+2E2C: Po, other Common ⸭ FIVE DOT MARK U+2E2D: Po, other Common ⸮ REVERSED QUESTION MARK U+2E2E: Po, other Common ⸰ RING POINT U+2E30: Po, other Common ⸱ WORD SEPARATOR MIDDLE DOT U+2E31: Po, other Common ⸲ TURNED COMMA U+2E32: Po, other ...
A diploma from the Masonic Grande Loge de France showing the symbol as a substitute for the dot of abbreviation. In Freemasonry traditions, the symbol is used to indicate a Masonic abbreviation (rather than the period mark used conventionally with some abbreviations). For example, "R∴W∴ John Smith" is an abbreviation for "Right Worshipful ...
The Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block (U+2980–U+29FF) contains miscellaneous mathematical symbols, including brackets, angles, and circle symbols. Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B [1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)