El-lĭp′/sis, n.
n.; pl. EL-LĬP′/SĒS. [Lat. ellipsis, Gr. ἔλλειψις, a leaving, defect, from ἐλλείπειν, to leave in, to fall short, from ἐν, in, and λείπειν, to leave; Fr. ellipse.]
- (Gram.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words are omitted; as, the heroic virtues I admire, for, the heroic virtues which I admire.
- (Geom.) One of the conic sections; an ellipse. [Obs.]