Parentheme

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The expression inside a pair of parentheses.

    "In (2) the links, i.e., the expressions like [omitted] are called parenthemes and consist of an expression enclosed between symmetric parentheses."

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parenthesis

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"In (2) the links, i.e., the expressions like [omitted] are called parenthemes and consist of an expression enclosed between symmetric parentheses."

Etymology

Popularized by Stanislaw Lesniewski, perhaps first as German Parenthema; modeled after the relationship of thesis to theme.

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