Definizione monolingua

parenthesis

parenthesis (plural parentheses)

1. 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.
2. Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
3. (rhetoric) A digression; the use of such digressions.
4. (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.

Definizione dizionario parenthesis

parentesi

Altri significati:

( '''mathematics, logic''' ) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator

a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete

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.

(rhetoric) A digression; the use of such digressions.

Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).

both round brackets

either of a pair of brackets ( )

(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.