suspension point

suspension point

n.

One of a series of dots, usually three, used to indicate an incomplete statement or the omission of a word or words from a written text.

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suspension point

n

(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Chiefly US one of a group of dots, usually three, used in written material to indicate the omission of a word or words Compare ellipsis [2]

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Noun

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suspension point - (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one full point, full stop, period, stop, point - a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"