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ellipsis Noun

— An ellipsis is the punctuation mark written using three dots, sometimes with spaces between them (". . ."). This -> … is an ellipsis. Ellipses are often used when quoting, by replacing unneeded words or phrases.

ellipsis

— noun omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

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ellipse

eclipsis

suspension points

omission

deletion

marks of omission

jump cut

dotted line

dots

dot dot dot

apostrophe

abbreviation