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- Indicates a pause or omission; an ellipsis.
- The show was great, we saw some soul, punk, rock, disco, clowns, … and ska music.
- 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 538:
- Sinto muito ter de contradizê-la, Minerva, mas, como pode ver no meu bilhete, Harry tem obtido resultados muito fracos nas minhas aulas…
- I'm sorry to contradict you, Minerva, but, as you can see in my note, Harry has obtained very weak results in my classes...
- Sinto muito ter de contradizê-la, Minerva, mas, como pode ver no meu bilhete, Harry tem obtido resultados muito fracos nas minhas aulas…
- (Internet slang, text messaging) A response used to express being at a loss for words, such as due to annoyance, shock, or confusion.
- ― You're 35, you still live with your mother, you have no job, no hope, no prospects, what's the point of even going on?
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- ― You're 35, you still live with your mother, you have no job, no hope, no prospects, what's the point of even going on?
- (chiefly advertising, obsolete) Links loosely related clauses and surrounds parentheticals in the manner of the comma, semicolon or em dash
- 1944, advert for the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps in Life magazine, Volume 16, Number 4 (page 31)
- Free training ... with pay ... in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps
- 1944, McGraw-Hill, Engineering and Mining Journal, volume 145, page 54:
- A relieved world then will eagerly turn to the task of reclaiming the destruction wrought by Mars ... A tremendous task, filled with infinite possibilities ... A profitable task, according to how well you are prepared to do your part in the rehabilitation
- 1951, advert for IBM in Fortune magazine, volume 44 number 6, December 1951, page 55.
- Thousands of IBM business machines ... critical to our nation's defense ... are at work for science, industry, and the armed forces
- 1973, advert for MIT calculators in Radio-Electronics, January issue, page 15
- Adds...subtracts...multiplies...divides...instantly & electronically!
- 1944, advert for the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps in Life magazine, Volume 16, Number 4 (page 31)
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Symbol
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- (mathematics) In a sequence of numbers, omits numbers, when the pattern to be followed is clear.
- 1, 2, 3, ..., 1000
- 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 100
- (mathematics) Indicates that the an indefinite sequence of digits of an irrational number follows.
- The square root of 2 is 1.4142135623730950488…
- See ... for the Morse code letter "S".
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Usage notes
This symbol is called an ellipsis. Its display may vary based on language script.
See also
- ฯ
- ຯ
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