how to pronounce ellipsis

/iˈlɪp.sɪs/

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ellipsis is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of ellipsis

noun:

A mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ", or more recently a single character “…" Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.
An ellipse.
The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.

ellipsis frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ellipsis occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ellipsis can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ellipsis can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;