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ellipsis noun

  /ɪˈlɪp.sɪs/
  • (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
 ellipse
  • (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
 ellipse, points de suspension
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