ELLIPSES

ELLIPSIS

ellipsis, eclipsis

(noun) omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

ellipses

plural of ellipse

Etymology 2

Noun

ellipses

plural of ellipsis

Anagrams

• pileless

Source: Wiktionary

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ELLIPSE

El*lipse", n. Etym: [Gr. ellipse. See Ellipsis.]

1. (Geom.)

Definition: An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: Omission. See Ellipsis.

3. The elliptical orbit of a planet. The Sun flies forward to his brother Sun; The dark Earth follows wheeled in her ellipse. Tennyson.

ELLIPSIS

El*lip"sis, n.; pl. Ellipses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. In, and Loan, and cf. Ellipse.]

1. (Gram.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: An ellipse. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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