ELLIP'SIS, n. [Gr. an omission or defect, to leave or pass by.] 1. In geometry, an oval figure generated from the section of a cone, by a plane cutting both sides of it, but not parallel to the base.2. In grammar, defect; omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words are omitted, which the hearer or reader may supply; as, the heroic virtues I admire,for the heroic virtues which I admire. |
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