PARENTHESES
- PARENTHESIS, an amplifying or explanatory word, phrase, or sentence inserted in a passage from which it is usually set off by punctuation [n]
- A word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by curved brackets, dashes, or commas
- PARENTHESIS [n]
- One or both of a pair of marks () used to include such a word, clause, or sentence
- An interlude or interval