"vertical ellipsis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vertical ellipses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|vertical ellipses}} vertical ellipsis (plural vertical ellipses)
  1. 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".
    Sense id: en-vertical_ellipsis-en-noun-ZNwT0x9B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Punctuation marks

Inflected forms

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