ellipsis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ellipsis	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ellipsis n omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences Synonym(s): ellipsis, eclipsis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ellipsis \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.]