ellipsis

  1. Noun.  (context, typography) A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, nowadays a single character “…” (used in printing to indicate an omission).
  2. Noun.  (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be inferred.
  3. Noun.  (context, film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.

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