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What (who) is ellipsis - definition

SERIES OF DOTS THAT INDICATE OMISSION

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Ellipsis

·noun An Ellipse.

II. Ellipsis ·noun 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.

ellipsis

n.

Omission, gap, hiatus, lacuna.

ellipsis

[?'l?ps?s]

¦ noun (plural ellipses -si:z) the omission of words from speech or writing.

?a set of dots indicating such an omission.

Origin

C16: via L. from Gk elleipsis, from elleipein 'leave out'.

Wikipedia

Ellipsis

The ellipsis ... (, also known informally as dot dot dot) is a series of dots that indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning. The plural is ellipses. The term originates from the Ancient Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis meaning 'leave out'.

Opinions differ as to how to render ellipses in printed material. According to The Chicago Manual of Style, it should consist of three periods, each separated from its neighbor by a non-breaking space: . . .. According to the AP Stylebook, the periods should be rendered with no space between them: .... A third option is to use the Unicode character U+2026 … HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis

Examples of use of ellipsis

1. Luzhkov took a particular dislike to the cultural center in the shape of an ellipsis.

2. British architect Sir Norman Foster presented a design Wednesday to fill the space where the Rossiya hotel once stood with a cultural center in the shape of an ellipsis, a 2,000–room hotel and a museum.

3. I‘m a big fan of ellipsis – the idea that writers sometimes run out of words or can‘t use words to describe what‘s going on – and so much of that movie takes place between the words.

4. The Commission concluded that these circumstances are not consistent with the claim that there was a taking [by Eritrea] of Ethiopian property resulting from closing of the port... [All ellipsis as published] The record does not establish any taking of Ethiopian public or private property in violation of international law.

5. Luzhkov spoke after British architect Lord Norman Foster presented a design to fill the space where the sprawling hotel once stood with 10 to 11 buildings, including a cultural center in the shape of an ellipsis, a 2,000–room hotel and a museum.