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⸨ ⸩ ( ) ⏜ ⏝ ﹙ ﹚ ⁽ ⁾ ₍ ₎ （ ） Translingual Etymology astronomy A graphic approximation of a numbered circle, with the circle symbolizing a planetary disk, as in (4) Vesta from an original ④ Vesta. A circle proved impractical for large numbers. Punctuation mark ( ) matched pairs parentheses round brackets Encloses supplemental information. mul Sen. John McCain (R., Arizona) spoke at length. mul 1972 w:Mortimer J. Adler w:Charles Van Doren w:How to Read a Book Hence, another way to describe this level of reading is to say that its aim is to get the most out of a book within a given time—usually relatively short time, and always (by definition) too short a time to get out of the book everything that can be gotten. Simon & Schuster 0-671-21209-5 72-81451 18 https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Z5PpkQadm5EC&pg=PA18&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false mul mul Can AI Change Your View? Evidence from a Large-Scale Online Field Experiment https://retractionwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ExtendedAbstract-Zurich-AI-Reddit.pdf 2025-04 1 w:University of Zurich Large Language Models (LLMs) are fundamentally transforming how humans consume and interact with information, raising pressing ethical concerns about their broader societal impact. https://web.archive.org/web/20261007071033/https://retractionwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ExtendedAbstract-Zurich-AI-Reddit.pdf 7 October 2026 Encloses a commentary. mul I gave it to Fred (who was going there anyways) before I left. Encloses optional variants or variant elements of words, inflections, spellings or pronunciations. Go get the dog(s) - Here, s is a shorthand for the plural dogs. You should (re)write that story. - Here, re is an optional prefix re-. Blue is my favo(u)rite colo(u)r. - Here, u is an alternative spelling (color/colour). mul A variable with persistence that is currently above (below) its mean will tend not go below (above) its mean for some time. mul (S)he likes dogs. en Antarctica /ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪkə/, en terminator /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtə(ɹ)/ Encloses narration. mul mul 2006 Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness 3 w:Scott Pilgrim Envy: What's this for? Is this for the band?Scott: It's... It's for you. I wrote a song.(weird pause)Envy: Why? Encloses a letter or number starting an item in a list. (1) New York, (2) London, (3) Paris. (A) New York, (B) London, (C) Paris. mul mul 2006 Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness 3 w:Scott Pilgrim Scott: Can I get some free candy? Can you make it happen? Just some chocolate, maybe?Wallace: No, because (A) you'll take half an hour to decide what you want, and (B) no sugar for you!! mul mul 2024-08-06 Gena Kaufman 33 Rainy-Day Date Ideas That Aren’t Another Movie w:Glamour https://www.glamour.com/story/rainy-day-dates When a sudden rainstorm interrupts your plans for a date, you have some choices: (a) brave the weather, (b) choose an equally fun indoor activity, (c) straight up refuse to leave the house and instead stay in together, or (d) be that person who asks for a last-minute raincheck (don’t be that person). mul papyrology epigraphy Encloses restored elements of text that were (intentionally) omitted by the original scribe as an abbreviation. mul phonetics A transcription delimiter for silent utterances. It may enclose a transcription of a mouthed utterance derived from lip-reading, such as (ʃːː), or of the length of a pause between utterances, such as (1.3 sec). (...), (..) and (.) are used for increasingly brief pauses. mul astronomy Encloses the minor planet number of an asteroid, e.g. (4) Vesta. May be further abbreviated to 4. Vesta or 4 Vesta. Usage notes Some style guides prescribe square brackets mul [ ] for parenthetical information within another set of parentheses. Quotations mul Synonyms parenthetical phrase — — Derived terms mul (…) used when omitting a section in quoted text mul (sic) (sic) used to indicate text quoted as-is from the source mul (!) mul (?) See also jbo to, jbo toi (Lojban) Symbol mul symbol ( ) matched pairs mul mathematics Encloses a mathematical phrase that has increased precedence in terms of operators. 20 / 2 + 8 = 10 + 8 = 18 20 / (2 + 8) = 20 / 10 = 2 mul mathematics Denotes the greatest common divisor of two integers. (54,24)=6 mul mathematics Denotes a coordinate. (x,y) mul mathematics enclosing two numbers vertically stacked Denotes a binomial coefficient. mul mathematics enclosing two numbers vertically stacked, separated by a bar Denotes the Legendre symbol, Jacobi symbol, or Kronecker symbol. mul mathematics Sometimes used to enclose a matrix. mul regex Defines a marked subexpression, to be matched using the backslash (\1, \2, etc.) ([abc])([def]) — \2 matches the 2nd subexpression mul programming Used when defining a new function, enclosing the list of parameters. getSum (a, b)     result = a + b return result mul programming Used when calling an existing function, enclosing the list of arguments. result = getFirstNumber() + getSecondNumber() + getThirdNumber() mul programming Used with some expressions and conditionals, like "if", "switch", "for", "while", etc., in certain programming languages. if (x > 7) then printf "success!" end mul programming In a number of programming languages, encloses a tuple of objects. tuple = (1,2,3) mul chemistry Encloses a repeated unit in a polymer. glutaraldehyde = CH2(CH2CHO)2 mul accounting Indicates that a number is negative in place of a minus sign.Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting, The Open University, 2015 mul - mul + mul (20) Quotations mul Related terms mathematical precedence mul , mul [ ] matrices mul [ ] See also mul ((( ))) References Burmese Punctuation mark my punctuation mark - matched pairs sometimes used to enclose numbers to distinguish from letters my ရက်ပေါင်း (၁၀၀) အလွန် 100 days later Chinese Alternative forms tone indicator single left parentheses Punctuation mark zh punctuation mark ( ) matched pairs Encloses the pronunciation to a character the reader may not necessarily know. 黿（yuán） 黿 (read as yuán) yuán zh internet slang Used to provide a deeper or second meaning to a phrase. Probably from Japanese 義%訓 ぎ%くん invented reading. Compare English en read used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term. 那個 男人\男（帥哥\shuài）男人\人（帥哥\gē） that man (read: hunk) zh internet slang Added to the end of a message, with short text inside, as a sort of tone indicator. 回家 看看（不是\bushi） go take a look when you get home /j go take a look when you get home (not really) huíjiā kànkàn (bùshì) zh internet slang with no content inside Used to censor vulgar, profane or sensitive words or characters. Compare x in Latin alphabet. A formal way to censor words in Chinese is using mul × instead. 他媽的\他（）的！ F**k! Tā () de! zh internet slang by extension with no content inside Added to the end of a message, either left parenthesis only or both, used in place of ellipses zh …… (which can be read as indecisiveness) to imply an abrupt and intentional end to an incomplete sentence. 確實 如此，然而（） I mean that's true, but - y'know See also zh 寫作……讀作…… written as… but read as… References Victor Mair, "Furigana-like glossing in Mandarin". Language Log. Japanese Alternative forms tone indicator single left parentheses or none Punctuation mark ja punctuation mark ( ) matched pairs tone indicators Used as a plaintext fallback of ruby: encloses a regular or traditional pronunciation to kanji (sometimes other types of words, e.g. katakana in parentheses following an English word) that the readers may not necessarily know how to read. ja 檸檬（れもん） 檸檬 (read as remon) Used as a plaintext fallback of ruby: encloses an invented reading or a pronunciation borrowed from another language, which follows usually but not necessarily a kanji word, to conveys the word's deeper or second meaning (see 義%訓 ぎ%くん). ja 親友（ライバル） close friend (read: rival) ja internet slang with no content inside Used to censor vulgar, profane or sensitive words or characters. A formal way to censor words in Japanese is using mul × or ○ instead. Compare 自主規制 in Japanese and x in Latin alphabet. ja internet slang Added to the end of a message, with short text inside (the right parenthesis is optional), as a sort of tone indicator. ja それは無理だ（w That's impossible LOL ja internet slang by extension with no content inside Added to the end of a message to indicate a lighthearted or joking tone (the right parenthesis is optional),. Derived terms (笑), 笑 (ry (汗) (震え声) Mon Punctuation mark mnw punctuation mark - matched pairs sometimes used to enclose digits to distinguish from letters mnw တ္ၚဲကောန်ဂကူမန်မရနုက်ကဵု (၆၈) ဝါ The 68th Mon National Day