Three dots

Three dots can refer to:

• 3 Dots, a 2013 Malayalam film
• Asterism (typography) (⁂), indicates a flourished section break in a document
• āytam (ஃ), a Tamil letter which is neither a vowel nor a consonant
• Because sign (∵), a shorthand form of the word "because"
• Dinkus, commonly represented as three asterisks (* * *) or three large dots, usually refers to a break or omission in written text
• Ellipsis (… or . . .), indicates an intentional omission of a word
• In Free Masonry, as an abbreviation. Freemasons use ∴ as an abbreviation sign, for example as in "W∴M∴" standing for Worshipful Master; "the L∴", the Lodge.
• In Japanese maps, the ∴ symbol indicates an historic site.
• Therefore sign (${\displaystyle \therefore \!\,}$ or ∴), a shorthand form of the word "therefore" or "thus"
• In music notation, a triple-dotted note is a note with three dots written after it
• In some programming languages such as C, JavaScript and PHP, ... is used as part of the spread syntax (array unpacking) or for rest parameters (variadic function), and is called splat operator in PHP, or rest operator in JavaScript.
• Three Dots Tattoo, a prison tattoo in North America
• The vertical ellipsis (⋮)