Centered Ellipsis
⋯
Type it
| Unicode | U+22EF | |
|---|---|---|
| LaTeX | \cdots | |
| HTML entity | ⋯ | |
| Character | ⋯ |
Meaning
Stands for terms left out between operators such as + or ×. It is raised to the middle of the line so it lines up with them. Compare with Ellipsis and Summation.
How to read it
1 + 2 + ⋯ + n
is read “one plus two plus and so on up to plus n”.