See also:

• PARENTHESIS (from Gr. 1rapev,rdAvat, put in alongside)

PARENTHESIS (from Gr. 1rapev,rdAvat, put in alongside)  , the grammatical See also:

• TERM

term denoting the insertion (and so also the signs for such insertion) of a word, phrase or See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence between other words or in another sentence, without interfering with the construction, and serving a qualifying, explanatory or supplementary purpose . In See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing or See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing such parenthetical words or sentences are marked off by commas, dashes, or, more usually, by square or semi-circular brackets .