n. (also ellipse) (pl. ellipses) 1 the omission from a sentence of words needed to complete the construction or sense. 2 the omission of a sentence at the end of a paragraph. 3 a set of three dots etc. indicating an omission.
ELLIPSIS
Meaning of ELLIPSIS in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012