Español
elipsis.
(Del lat. ellipsis, y este del gr. ἔλλειψις, falta).
1. f. Gram. Figura de construcción, que consiste en omitir en la oración una o más palabras, necesarias para la recta construcción gramatical, pero no para que resulte claro el sentido.
2. f. Gram. Supresión de algún elemento lingüístico del discurso sin contradecir las reglas gramaticales; p. ej., Juan ha leído el mismo libro que Pedro (ha leído).
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
English
([e^]l*l[i^]p"s[=e]z). [L., fr. Gr. e`lleipsis a leaving, defect, fr. ellei`pein to leave in, fall short; en in + lei`pein to leave. See {In}, and {Loan}, and cf. {Ellipse}.] 1. (Gram.) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) An ellipse. Obs.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Printing) a printing symbol, usually three periods in a
row (. . .), indicating the omission of some part of a
text; -- used commonly in quotations, so as to suppress
words not essential to the meaning. A long dash (---) and
three asterisks (* * *) are sometimes used with the same
meaning.
[PJC]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English


