parenthesis
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle French parenthèse, from Late Latin parenthesis (“‘addition of a letter to a syllable in a word’”), from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parenthesis), from παρεντίθημι (parentithēmi), “‘I put in beside, mix up’”), from παρά (para), “‘beside’”) + ἐν (en), “‘in’”) + τίθημι (tithēmi), “‘put, place’”) (from Proto-Indo-European base *dhe- "to put, to do").
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/
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[edit] Noun
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parenthesis (plural parentheses)
- A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
- (rhetoric) A digression; the use of such digressions.
- Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
- (mathematics, logic) Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.
[edit] Synonyms
- bracket
- round bracket
- See also Wikisaurus:bracket
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[edit] Translations
a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete
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(Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions
either of a pair of brackets ( )
both round brackets
(mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator
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[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of aeehinprsst
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