Associations to the word «Parenthesis»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PARENTHESIS, noun. Either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material.
PARENTHESIS, noun. A message that departs from the main subject.

Wise words

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
Buddha