Meaning of ellipsis

Ellipsis

Very Rare

noun

•

In 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

“…”

Ellipses

are

used

to

indicate

that

words

have

been

omitted

in

a

text

or

that

they

are

missing

or

illegible.

•

In Grammar & Rhetoric:

The

of a

or

that can be

from the

.

•

In Film:

The

of

in a

that do not

the

.

•

In Geometry:

An

.

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Lineage

ellipsis

English

ἔλλειψις

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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