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ellipsis
(mass) | ellipsis
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ellipsis
(encz) | ellipsis,vynechání n: [mat.] |
ellipsis
(encz) | ellipsis,výpustka n: [mat.] |
Ellipsis
(gcide) | Ellipsis \El*lip"sis\ ([e^]l*l[i^]p"s[i^]s), n.; pl. Ellipses
([e^]l*l[i^]p"s[=e]z). [L., fr. Gr. 'e`lleipsis a leaving,
defect, fr. 'ellei`pein to leave in, fall short; 'en in +
lei`pein 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.
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2. (Geom.) An ellipse. [Obs.]
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3. (Printing) a printing symbol, usually three periods in a
row (. . .), indicating the omission of some part of a
text; -- used commonly in quotations, so as to suppress
words not essential to the meaning. A long dash (---) and
three asterisks (* * *) are sometimes used with the same
meaning.
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ellipsis
(wn) | ellipsis
n 1: omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
[syn: ellipsis, eclipsis] |
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