Skeleton

Skeleton[n] represents a sequence of n omitted elements in an expression printed with Short or Shallow.

The standard print form for Skeleton is n.

In StandardForm, Skeleton is by default printed using \[LeftSkeleton] and \[RightSkeleton] characters.

You can reset the print form of Skeleton.

n indicates the presence of missing information, and so generates an error if you try to interpret it as Mathematica kernel input.

See also: Short, StringSkeleton, Shallow, TotalWidth.