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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 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:
Three dots (Freemasonry) describes the same symbol being used in Freemasonry for a different purpose; Dinkus, commonly represented as three asterisks (* * *) or three large dots ("bullets") (• • •), usually refers to a section break in written text; Ellipsis (... or . . . or U+2026 … HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS [style guides vary]), indicates ...
A line of dots corresponding to one half of a Japanese ellipsis also used as an ellipsis informally ‥ 2145: 1-1-37: 2025: tensen (点線, "dot line") niten leader (二点リーダ, "two-dot leader") Rarely used [clarification needed] • ﹅ ﹆ 1-3-32, 1-3-31--2022, 25E6, FE45, FE46: bōten (傍点, "side dot") wakiten (脇点, "side dot ...
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)
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 ...
Paint dots at head height mean the tree needs pruning. “Basically, it marks the tree in an inconspicuous way,” says Ken Fisher, assistant forester for the Boulder Parks and Recreation Department.
Decimal separator, Dot operator ‽ Interrobang (combined 'Question mark' and 'Exclamation mark') Inverted question and exclamation marks ¡ Inverted exclamation mark: Exclamation mark, Interrobang ¿ Inverted question mark: Question mark, Interrobang < Less-than sign: Angle bracket, Chevron, Guillemet Lozenge: Square lozenge ("Pillow ...