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Three dots standing for an omitted, obvious continuation.
Also known as: Dots notation, And so on dots, Mid-line dots
Three dots stand for terms the reader is expected to supply. Their vertical position carries meaning: on the baseline between commas, raised to the middle between operators, and there are diagonal and vertical forms for matrices — four characters for one idea.
Stands for omitted terms in a sequence or a sum that the reader is expected to reconstruct from the pattern.
Contexts: Mathematics
Sits on the baseline in a list separated by commas and at mid-height in a sum or product, and Unicode encodes the two positions separately.
Contexts: Mathematics
Has vertical and diagonal forms used inside matrices to show omitted rows, columns and diagonals.
Contexts: Mathematics
Three small dots in a row, evenly spaced, set either on the baseline or raised to the middle of the line.