ellipse — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ellipsis noun A row of three dots (…) used in writing to show that words have been left out of a quotation, or that a thought trails away unfinished.
Senses
ellipse is used for these senses in English:
- ellipse (geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.
- ellipsis (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
- ellipsis (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
ellipsis — full definition
- noun A row of three dots (…) used in writing to show that words have been left out of a quotation, or that a thought trails away unfinished.
- noun The leaving out of words from a sentence when the meaning is still clear without them.