Associations to the word «Ellipsis»

Wiktionary

ELLIPSIS, noun. (typography) A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “   .   .   .   ”, nowadays a single character “…” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.
ELLIPSIS, noun. (grammar) (rhetoric) The omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be inferred.
ELLIPSIS, noun. (film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.

Dictionary definition

ELLIPSIS, noun. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.

Wise words

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain