Ellipsis

Meaning

Noun

●

In Mathematics & Typography:

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).

●

In Grammar & Rhetoric:

The

of a

or

that can be

from the context.

●

In Film:

The

of

in a

that do not

the plot.

●

In Geometry:

An ellipse.

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Origin

ellipsis

English

ἔλλειψις

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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