speaking about punctuation, what is the ellipse?

Question

speaking about punctuation, what is the ellipse?

Answer 1

An ellipse is a circle or an oval, which is not a punctuation symbol.

An ellipsis is the three-dot symbol (...), which Marianne has already correctly defined.

Answer 2

These three dots ... are an ellipsis. An ellipsis is used when you leave out a word, phrase, line, paragraph, etc. from a quoted passage.

Yes, that too. - jaysprout, SEP 18, 2009

lol. Funny what first comes to mind, huh? - --Mariana--, SEP 18, 2009

Know what's funny? I read "punctuation" in the title as "pronunciation" and at first my post showed how to pronounce "ellipse." Oddly, everyone else correctly converted "ellipse" to "ellipsis" as the title was referring to punctuation marks. - webdunce, SEP 18, 2009

Answer 3

Three dots (or periods) in a row ... like that ... to show a pause in ... thought.

or something is taken out of a quote. - BellaMargarita, SEP 18, 2009

Answer 4

Three dots after a series of numbers mean to infinity like 1,2,3,...

Answer 5

I found this in wikipedia:

Ellipsis is a mark or series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word or a phrase from the original text. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence.