Parentheses vs. Parenthesis

Parenthesesnoun

plural of parenthesis

Parenthesisnoun

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.

Parenthesisnoun

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

Parenthesisnoun

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

Parenthesisnoun

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.

Parenthesisnoun

A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes.

Parenthesisnoun

One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase.

Parenthesisnoun

either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

Parenthesisnoun

a message that departs from the main subject

Parenthesisnoun

a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas

Parenthesisnoun

a pair of round brackets ( ) used to mark off a parenthetical word or phrase

Parenthesisnoun

an interlude or interval