ellipsis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
    eclipsis.

WordNet

El*lip"sis noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. a leaving, defect, fr. to leave in fall short; in + to leave. See In, and Loan, and cf. Ellipse.
Wordforms
plural Ellipses
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913