Three dots explained

Three dots can refer to:

• 3 Dots, a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language film
• Because sign (∵), a shorthand form of the word "because"
  • Three dots (Freemasonry) describes the same symbol being used in Freemasonry for a different purpose
• Dinkus, commonly represented as three asterisks or three large dots ("bullets"), usually refers to a section break in written text
• Ellipsis (or or [style guides vary]), indicates an intentional omission of a word
  • Leader (typography), may be represented with three dots or ellipses
• The letter S in Morse code
• Therefore sign, a shorthand form of the word "therefore" or "thus"
  • * In Japanese maps, the same symbol (∴) indicates an historic site.
• character is a combining diacritical mark for symbols. When used after, it is used in mathematical notations (and represented with the "tdot" or "TripleDot" entities in HTML 5.0 and MathML 3.0)
• In music notation, a triple-dotted note is a note with three dots written after it
• The rest operator in JavaScript; the splat operator in PHP
• Three Dots Tattoo, a prison tattoo in North America
• The vertical ellipsis (⋮)

See also

• Dot (disambiguation)
• Two dots (disambiguation)
• Asterism (typography) (⁂), indicates a flourished section break in a document
• āytam (ஃ), a Tamil letter which is neither a vowel nor a consonant
  • Aayutha Ezhuthu, a 2004 Indian film by Mani Ratnam