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eclipsis

eclipsis \eclipsis\ n. (Linguistics) the omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.

Syn: ellipsis.

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eclipsis

n. 1 (context obsolete English) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase 2 A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted 3 (context Irish grammar English) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.

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eclipsis

n. omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences [syn: ellipsis]

Usage examples of "eclipsis".

Naturally with these records you must guard against drink and smoke, have correct horologii, not lose the initium totalis immersionis, and mainĀ­tain correct medium between initium and finis eclipsis, observe the intermediary moments in which the spots are dark, et cetera.