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What the Word

What the word

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ellipsis (punctuation)

ellipsis points (three marks)

suspension points (typographic term)

trailing off (rhetorical effect)

Synonym

ellipsis

omission

omission (general) deletion (text)

punctuation

ellipsis points suspension points dot dot dot (informal)

reticence

silence (figurative) trail-off (informal)

Thesaurus

ellipsis

punctuation marks

ellipsis points suspension points dot dot dot (informal) three dots

typographic forms

… (single glyph) · ... (three periods) · . . . (spaced) · ⋯ (midline) · ⋮ (vertical)

editorial practice

omission elision truncation lacuna gap asterisk ellipsis (rare)

grammar terms

gapping verb phrase ellipsis sluicing stripping

rhetorical terms

aposiopesis praeteritio anacoluthon trail off

speech and delivery

pause hesitation faltering trailing off silence

related marks

dash em dash en dash ellipsis character

usages

trailing thought quotation cut cliffhanger list continuation

typing and entry

Alt code Unicode U+2026 option-semicolon (Mac) autoformat

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Chapter 3

The storm had passed around six. Claire opened the kitchen window and stood there, one hand on the still-cold glass.

A smell rose from the garden, one she had known since childhood: the smell of earth after rain. There was a word for it, she was sure of it:

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the smell of the earth after rain

petrichor

geosmin (chemical compound)

earthiness (general term)

after-rain scent (descriptive)

mud smell (literal)

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