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parenthesis noun

  /pəˈɹɛnθəsɪs/
  • Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
 Parenthese, Klammer, runde Klammer
  • A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
 Einschub, Parenthese
  • (mathematics, logic) Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.
 runde Klammer
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