A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, nowadays a single character “…” (used in printing to indicate an omission)
HAZEL: Wow. I’ve never despised an ellipsis so much in my life.
Minor sentences (sentences in which part of their structure has been omitted) An ellipsis is also the term for three dots ( ) which show that something has been omitted or is incomplete See Exploring Language, page 72-3
Ellipsis refers to situations in which sentences are abbreviated by leaving out parts of them that are to be understood from the context For example, if someone asks "What is your name?" and the reply is "John Smith" then this can be viewed as an elliptical form of the full sentence "My name is John Smith" Ellipsis causes problems for NLP since it is necessary to infer the rest of the sentence from the context
A number of editing techniques have become conventional for getting across the idea that two adjoining shots are not continuous An ellipsis describes specifically an edit that is presumed to cover the passage of a certain amount of time
In linguistics, ellipsis means leaving out words rather than repeating them unnecessarily; for example, saying `I want to go but I can't' instead of `I want to go but I can't go'
{i} omission of a word or words (Grammar); omission of words in order to avoid redundancy (Grammar); mark resembling three periods ( ... ) or two dashes ( -- ) that is used to indicate an omission of words
The omission of a word or words necessary to complete a grammatical construction, but which is easily understood by the reader, such as "the virtues I esteem" for "the virtues which I esteem " Also, the marks ( ) or (--) denoting an omission or pause Sidelight: Other terms involving omissions in grammatical construction include: asyndeton, which omits conjunctions; zeugma and syllepsis, which use one word to serve for two; and aposiopesis, which omits a word or phrase at the end of a clause or sentence for effect
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
(n ) A set of three dots ( ) that typically signify an omission In a graphical interface, the ellipsis that follows a menu command signifies that clicking the command leads to a pop-up window
A punctuation character consisting of three dots, or periods, in a row It indicates that a word or phrase has been omitted To access the ellipsis character in standard typefaces, type option + semicolon
the omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be implied. For example, He is faster than she. (Here, a trailing "is fast" is omitted, grammatically required, and implied.)"
the omission of parts of a sentence which can be understood either from the surrounding text or the situation itself Ellipsis is sometimes used to avoid repetition or to give emphasis and it is a common feature of everyday conversation, for example