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noun
The expression inside a pair of parentheses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arithmetic, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: parenthesis
Antonyms: none provided
History
Popularized by Stanislaw Lesniewski, perhaps first as German Parenthema; modeled after the relationship of thesis to theme.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
