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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ellipsis \El*lip"sis\, n.; pl {Ellipses}. [L., fr Gr ? a leaving defect, fr ? to leave in fall short; ? in + ? 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. 2. (Geom.) An ellipse. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ellipsis n : omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences [syn: {eclipsis}]
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