Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vertical ellipsis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: ver-ti-cal el-lip-sis
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The character "⋮". An ellipsis (three dots) vertically aligned. It is used to extend a list vertically, or as mathematical notation for "is divisible by" or "is a multiple of".

Inflected Forms

vertical ellipses (plural)

Questions

What does vertical ellipsis mean?: The character "⋮". An ellipsis (three dots) vertically aligned. It is used to extend a list vertically, or as mathematical notation for "is divisible by" or "is a multiple of".

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