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Ellipsis

The ellipsis (/ə.ˈlɪp.sɪs/, plural ellipses; from Ancient Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, lit. 'leave out'), rendered ..., also known as suspension points,: 19 dots, periods of ellipsis, or ellipsis points,: 19 or, colloquially, dot, dot, dot: 151 is a punctuation mark consisting of a series of three dots. An ellipsis can be used in many ways, such as for…

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Two-dot ellipsis

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Ellipsis

Nodes125
Edges124
Triples160
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016
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Ellipsis

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see also · 14
Ellipsis → An, Aposiopesis, Conventions, Elision, Figure, Grammatical, In, Leader, Omission, Pause, Row, Subdivision, Symbols, Typographic
related to In Japanese · 12
Ellipsis → As, Depending, English, However, In, It, Japanese, Japanese Windows, Ni-ten, The, This, Three
related to Unicode · 12
Ellipsis → CHARACTER PAIYANNOIU, DOWN RIGHT DIAGONAL ELLIPSISU, ELLIPSISU, FE19, HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS, HORIZONTAL ELLIPSISU, MIDLINE HORIZONTAL ELLIPSISU, MONGOLIAN ELLIPSISU, PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL, Unicode, UP RIGHT DIAGONAL ELLIPSISU, VERTICAL ELLIPSISU
related to history · 10
Ellipsis → Anne Toner's, English, English Literature, Europe, For, France, In, Love, Omission, Signs
related to Other · 10
Ellipsis → C1, C9, IBM/MS-DOS Code, Mac-CentEuro, Mac-Roman, Macintosh, The, Ventura International, Windows-1250, Windows-1258
related to In Chinese · 9
Ellipsis → China, Chinese, In, In Chinese, Roman, Simplified Chinese, Taiwan, This, Traditional Chinese
related to In Polish · 9
Ellipsis → An, PN-83/P-55366, Polish, Polska Norma, Rules, Setting Texts, The, When, Zasady
related to Style · 9
Ellipsis → According, AP Stylebook, Business Insider, HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS, Opinions, Style, The Associated Press Stylebook, The Chicago Manual, When
related to In French · 8
Ellipsis → However, If, In French, Lui, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Toulouse
related to Two-dot ellipsis · 7
Ellipsis → Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Berryman, Rarely, Robert Browning, Sears, Some, Two

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used dots text style omitted three space character may indicate sentence two pause horizontal example word ellipses omission use end

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Ellipsisis along-press key0.90text
Percy Bysshe Shelleyinstance ofand Toner picks up on the rise of the ellipsis in the late 16th century.The ellipsis has been championed by writers0.80text
Jane Austeninstance ofand Toner picks up on the rise of the ellipsis in the late 16th century.The ellipsis has been championed by writers0.80text
Virginia Woolf.According to Tonerinstance ofand Toner picks up on the rise of the ellipsis in the late 16th century.The ellipsis has been championed by writers0.80text
it is difficult to establish when theinstance ofand Toner picks up on the rise of the ellipsis in the late 16th century.The ellipsis has been championed by writers0.80text
show business gossipinstance ofIt is less commonly used to indicate a pause in speech or an unfinished thought or to separate items in material0.80text
Ellipsisrelated to Busy/progressLoading0.60section
Ellipsisrelated to Busy/progressSaving0.60section
Ellipsisrelated to Busy/progressThese0.60section
Ellipsisrelated to Busy/progressSometimes0.60section
Ellipsisrelated to Computer representationsIn0.60section
Ellipsisrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section

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