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parenthesis Definition

pa·ren·the·sis (pə ren′t̸hə sis)

noun pl. -·ses′-sēz′

  1. an additional word, clause, etc. placed as an explanation or comment within an already complete sentence: in writing or printing it is usually marked off by curved lines, dashes, or commas
  2. either or both of the curved lines, (), used to mark off parenthetical words, etc. or to enclose mathematical or logical symbols that are to be treated as a single term
  3. an episode or incident, often an irrelevant one; interlude

Etymology: LL < Gr < parentithenai, to put beside < para-, beside (see para-) + entithenai, to insert < en-, in + tithenai, to put, place: see do

parenthesis Synonyms

parenthesis

n.

brackets, braces, enclosure, punctuation marks, crotchets; see also punctuation.

parenthesis Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • nest: Examples: On Lisp: Lisp has an unusual syntax made up of lots of nested parentheses.
  • enclose: Negative values may be specified by the negation symbol or by enclosing parentheses.
  • capture: In list context, it returns a list of the substrings matched by any capturing parentheses in the regular expression.
  • match: Programmers can check matching parentheses or brackets simply by selecting a menu item.
  • add: For very complex queries you can make the meaning clear by adding parentheses!
  • contain: So now suppose that does not contain any left parentheses.

Preposition: at

  • end: All these items have a ' [ n ] ' at the beginning and empty parentheses at the end.

Converse of subject

  • surround: Getting to know Lisp syntax Lisp statements are surrounded by parentheses.

Adjective modifier

  • matching: A command to check ( or even suggest ) matching parentheses, quotes etc. would also be useful.
  • left: The only case left is where begins with a left parenthesis.
  • empty: DUMBO In line 3 of the entry insert " date unknown " in the empty parenthesis.
  • square: To help users we qualify all links that go to external websites or downloadable files with hints in square parenthesis.
  • open: If the string begins with an open parenthesis, it is treated as a standard format string.
  • right: The ' Copy ' tool action script has been corrected to add missing right parenthesis.

Modifies a noun

  • level: These are arrays indexed by token type and parenthesis level ( 0, 1 and 2+ ).

Noun used with modifier

  • closing: Just remember to use two closing parentheses each time.
  • opening: Groups and capturing Capturing groups are numbered by counting their opening parentheses from left to right.

Preposition: after

  • name: A function can take any number of arguments as a comma separated list in parentheses after the function name.

Preposition: in

  • pattern: The following pairs of indexes correspond to constructions in parentheses in the pattern.
  • text: The comment should not have any closing parentheses in the text.