What is an ellipse? What about ellipsis or ellipses?

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See the explanations below for writing ellipsis or a math ellipse:

Writing: An ellipsis (plural ellipses):  (from the APA Style Blog)

  • An ellipsis is a set of three dots in the middle of a sentence.
  • The purpose is to let the reader know that some part of the text has been left out.

Example:

   Original:   He came home, with dogs and parakeet in tow, just in time for supper.

   With text omitted:  He came home . . . just in time for supper.

 

Math: Ellipse explained: ellipse

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