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ellipsis n. 省略號
n. 省略,省略符號 省略號省略,省略符號 ellipsis省略法 ellipsis n 1: omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences [ synonym: { ellipsis}, { eclipsis}] Ellipsis \ El* lip" sis\ ([ e^] l* l[ i^] p" s[ i^] s), n.; pl. { Ellipses} ([ e^] l* l[ i^] p" s[= e] z). [ L., fr. Gr. ' e` lleipsis a leaving, defect, fr. ' ellei` pein to leave in, fall short; ' en in lei` pein to leave. See { In}, and { Loan}, and cf. { Ellipse}.] 1. ( Gram.) 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Geom.) An ellipse. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Printing) a printing symbol, usually three periods in a row (. . .), indicating the omission of some part of a text; -- used commonly in quotations, so as to suppress words not essential to the meaning. A long dash (---) and three asterisks (* * *) are sometimes used with the same meaning. [ PJC] 30 Moby Thesaurus words for " ellipsis": abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, apocope, aposiopesis, clipping, compression, condensation, conspectus, contraction, crasis, curtailment, cutting, elision, epitome, foreshortening, precis, pruning, recap, recapitulation, reduction, retrenchment, shortening, summary, summation, syncope, syneresis, synopsis, telescoping, truncation
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