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HTML

<div class="row">
    <div class="cell" style="max-width:100px;">Should not fit in 100px</div>
</div>

CSS

.row {
    display: table-row;
}

.cell {
    display: table-cell;
    border: solid 1px #DADADA;
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

JavaScript

$('body').append('width = ' + $('.cell').width());