ellipsis

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noun

Plural noun:

ellipses

1.
(countable, uncountable)(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.
The ellipsis in 1, 2, 3, ..., 8, 9 means that the numbers 4, 5, 6, and 7 are not explicitly included, but are considered to be part of the pattern.
The ellipsis in 0.333... means that the number is a repeating decimal, having threes that go on forever.
Đồng nghĩa: dot dot dot, suspension dots, suspension points
2.
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)(grammar, linguistics, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
4.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)(obsolete, geometry) An ellipse.

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Đồng nghĩa

dot dot dotsuspension dotssuspension points

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ellipsismvertical ellipsisellipsizationellipticalellipticallyeclipsisecthlipsis

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Nguồn gốc từ

Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (omission). ellipse.