English-Thai Dictionary
ellipsis
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ELLIPSIS
n.[Gr. an omission or defect, to leave or pass by. ] 1. In geometry, an oval figure generated from the section of a cone, by a plane cutting both sides of it, but not parallel to the base.
2. In grammar, defect; omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words are omitted, which the hearer or reader may supply; as, the heroic virtues I admire, for the heroic virtues which I admire.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ELLIPSIS
El *lip "sis, n.; pl. Ellipses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. In, and Loan, and cf. Ellipse. ]
1. (Gram. )
Defn: 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.)
Defn: An ellipse. [Obs. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
ellipsis
el lip sis |iˈlipsis əˈlɪpsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. ellipses |-sēz | ) the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues. • a set of dots indicating such an omission. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein ‘leave out. ’
Oxford Dictionary
ellipsis
ellipsis |ɪˈlɪpsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. ellipses |-siːz | ) the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues. • a set of dots (…) indicating an ellipsis. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein ‘leave out ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
ellipsis
el lip sis /ɪlɪ́psɪs /名詞 複 -ses /-sìːz /1 U C 〘言 〙(単語の )省略 .2 C 〘印 〙省略記号 〘…, ***など 〙.
The Wordsmith Dictionary