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 what does the word parentheses mean ????????

 a qualifying, explanatory, or appositive word, phrase, clause, or sentence that interrupts a syntactic construction without otherwise affecting it, having often a characteristic intonation and indicated in writing by commas, parentheses, or dashes, as in William Smith—you must know him—is coming tonight.

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( ) this is parenthrsis , also known as round bracket.

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Parenthesis implies "either or both of the two punctuation marks "( )" used to enclose text, a sum, a product or a particular mathematical entity. Parenthesis can also contain written content that digresses from the main theme or topic. Even though what is written in a parenthesis deviates from the topic or subject in question, the matter in the parenthesis has some sort of relevance to the content which is outside it.

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Parenthesis implies "either or both of the two punctuation marks "( )" used to enclose text, a sum, a product or a particular mathematical entity. Parenthesis can also contain written content that digresses from the main theme or topic. Even though what is written in a parenthesis deviates from the topic or subject in question, the matter in the parenthesis has some sort of relevance to the content which is outside it.

 
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