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A punctuation symbol representing a horizontal ellipsis (three dots) for indicating omitted terms in mathematical expressions.

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Examples

Indicating a continuing pattern in a sequence

1, 2, 3, \text{\textellipsis}, n

Showing omitted terms in a summation

\sum_{i=1}^n (x_1 + x_2 + \text{\textellipsis} + x_n)

Indicating continuation in a set definition

\{2, 4, 6, 8, \text{\textellipsis}, 100\}