Meaning of ELLIPSIS
| Pronunciation: | | i'lipsis
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| | Definition: | | [n] omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences |
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| | Synonyms: | | eclipsis |
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| | See Also: | | deletion, omission | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \El*lip"sis\, n.; pl. {Ellipses}. [L., fr. Gr. ? a
leaving, defect, fr. ? to leave in fall short; ? in + ? to
leave. See {In}, and {Loan}, and cf. {Ellipse}.]
1. (Gram.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more
words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as,
the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.
2. (Geom.) An ellipse. [Obs.]
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| | Related Terms: | | abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, apocope, aposiopesis, clipping, compression, condensation, conspectus, contraction, crasis, curtailment, cutting, elision, epitome, foreshortening, precis, pruning, recap, recapitulation, reduction, retrenchment, shortening, summary, summation, syncope, syneresis, synopsis, telescoping, truncation |
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