ellipsis

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the omission of words, or the mark (…) indicating such omission

   The quotation used an ellipsis to skip the irrelevant clause.

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek élleipsis ('a falling short, omission'), from elleípein ('to leave out, fall short'), from en- ('in') + leípein ('to leave').

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