Vocabulary Word
Word: ellipsis
Definition: omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses
Definition: omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses
Sentences Containing 'ellipsis'
An oval is never mistaken for a circle, nor an hyperbola for an ellipsis.
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