noun (plural apheses) see: jet Date: 1880 aphaeresis consisting of the loss of a short unaccented vowel (as in lone for alone ), aphetic adjective aphetically adverb
APHESIS
Meaning of APHESIS in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012