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-- :const:`Ellipsis` expand to the number of ``:`` objects needed to
- make a selection tuple of the same length as ``x.ndim``. There may
- only be a single ellipsis present.
+- :const:`Ellipsis` expands to the number of ``:`` objects needed for the
+ selection tuple to index all dimensions. In most cases, this means that
+ length of the expanded selection tuple is ``x.ndim``. There may only be a
+ single ellipsis present.
.. admonition:: Example