ellipsis
IPA: ɪɫˈɪpsɪs
noun
- (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them, " . . . ", or, more recently, a single character, "…", used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible, or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues (e.g., 1, ..., 4 means 1, 2, 3, 4).
- (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
- (film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
- (obsolete, geometry) An ellipse.
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Examples of "ellipsis" in Sentences
- The ellipsis in the earlier post hides a lot.
- I put an ellipsis in one of the fields and it was fine.
- Perhaps someone was confused by the use of the ellipsis.
- I argue about the layout, not the use of ellipsis or prose.
- Ellipsis is also commonly employed in the narrative of films.
- Note the ellipsis is actually shifted to the word on the right.
- Is there a space between the ellipsis and the first word, or not
- I think that the use of the ellipsis should be kept for the moment.
- The ellipsis is supposed to signify that the zeros continue forever.
- Narrative logic allows the viewer to disregard the ellipsis in this case.
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