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ellipsis

series of dots that indicate omission
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Summary

ellipsis draws 8,880 Wikipedia views per month (intra word punctuation mark category, ranking #1 of 2).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: punctuation mark[2]
  • Commons category: Ellipses (punctuation)[3]
  • Has part(s): …[4], ⋯[5], ⋮[6], ⋰[7], ⋱[8], ︙[9]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]
  • Different from: ellipse[12]

Why It Matters

ellipsis has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] ellipsis is known by 133 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ellipsis. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ellipsis
MLA “ellipsis.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ellipsis.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ellipsis_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ellipsis}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ellipsis}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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  1. 3d ago · Infovarius · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → —
    Unicode character → —
    Icon → —
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    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Has part(s): ︙"
  2. 4d ago · Verdy p · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', '
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Based on: ."
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