Ellipsis
noun
The omission of one or more words that are expected and needed to be complete.
I don’t know...,but she does!
Often appears as...
- ellipsis points
- use of ellipsis
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A series of dots (...) used in writing or printing to indicate that words have been deliberately left out.
She wrote, 'He said he would be here, but...' showing her use of an ellipsis.
Often appears as...
- ellipsis points
- ellipsis in a quote
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A set of three dots (...) signaling an unfinished thought or a leading statement.
She wrote: 'I don't think I can...'
Often appears as...
- use of ellipsis
- ellipsis at the end
noun
The omission of one or more words that are expected and needed to be complete.
I don’t know...,but she does!
Often appears as...
- ellipsis points
- use of ellipsis
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A series of dots (...) used in writing or printing to indicate that words have been deliberately left out.
She wrote, 'He said he would be here, but...' showing her use of an ellipsis.
Often appears as...
- ellipsis points
- ellipsis in a quote
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A set of three dots (...) signaling an unfinished thought or a leading statement.
She wrote: 'I don't think I can...'
Often appears as...
- use of ellipsis
- ellipsis at the end
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Creating Suspense
Ellipsis can build suspense by delaying the completion of a sentence.
He opened the door slowly, and then...
Pro Tip 2/3Implied Understanding
Use ellipsis when the rest of the sentence is obvious or already understood.
If looks could kill...
Pro Tip 3/3Conversational Pause
An ellipsis mimics natural pauses in casual conversations.
Well... I'm not sure.
Pro Tip 1/3Creating Suspense
Ellipsis can build suspense by delaying the completion of a sentence.
He opened the door slowly, and then...
Pro Tip 2/3Implied Understanding
Use ellipsis when the rest of the sentence is obvious or already understood.
If looks could kill...
Pro Tip 3/3Conversational Pause
An ellipsis mimics natural pauses in casual conversations.
Well... I'm not sure.
Pro Tip 1/3Creating Suspense
Ellipsis can build suspense by delaying the completion of a sentence.
He opened the door slowly, and then...
Pro Tip 2/3Implied Understanding
Use ellipsis when the rest of the sentence is obvious or already understood.
If looks could kill...
Pro Tip 3/3Conversational Pause
An ellipsis mimics natural pauses in casual conversations.
Well... I'm not sure.
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Daniel Wolpert: The real...
they may distribute it in that green area, which is the prior distribution, making it hard for you to return. Now both these sources of information carry important information. And what Bayes' rule says is that I should multiply the numbers on the red by the numbers on the green to get the numbers of the yellow, which have the ellipses,
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The real reason for...
which is the prior distribution making it hard for you to return now both these sources of information carry important information and what Bayes rule says they should mark are the numbers in the red by the numbers and the green to get the numbers in the yellow which have the ellipsis and that's my belief so it's the optimal way
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Mars Up Close, Part 2:...
where we ended up going. And just to give you a sense of what we found attractive about those four places and I'll point out that the yellow ellipsis that you see here are all 25 kilometers long by 20 kilometers high. We've got Mawrth Vallis on the upper left. There is this stratigraphy, these layers of rock that we see there
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Making sense of...
we interested is constraining the amount of dark matter in the universe that's on the x-axis and the amount of dark energy on the universe that's on the y-axis everything within one of these ellipses is this is indistinguishable from one model from the other and so we want to make those ellipses as small as possible
Video examples
Daniel Wolpert: The real...
they may distribute it in that green area, which is the prior distribution, making it hard for you to return. Now both these sources of information carry important information. And what Bayes' rule says is that I should multiply the numbers on the red by the numbers on the green to get the numbers of the yellow, which have the ellipses,
Video examples
The real reason for...
which is the prior distribution making it hard for you to return now both these sources of information carry important information and what Bayes rule says they should mark are the numbers in the red by the numbers and the green to get the numbers in the yellow which have the ellipsis and that's my belief so it's the optimal way
Video examples
Mars Up Close, Part 2:...
where we ended up going. And just to give you a sense of what we found attractive about those four places and I'll point out that the yellow ellipsis that you see here are all 25 kilometers long by 20 kilometers high. We've got Mawrth Vallis on the upper left. There is this stratigraphy, these layers of rock that we see there
Video examples
Making sense of...
we interested is constraining the amount of dark matter in the universe that's on the x-axis and the amount of dark energy on the universe that's on the y-axis everything within one of these ellipses is this is indistinguishable from one model from the other and so we want to make those ellipses as small as possible
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Mary H.K. Choi
South Korean Author
Texting is incredibly anxiety-laden, but I know people who will have a full-blown panic attack if you call them. I'm one of those nightmare humans where the little mailbox has an ellipsis on it because I have 1000 unread emails. So texting is the most immediate yet least anxious of all the incredibly anxious ways that we talk to each other.
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Dominic Cummings
British Public Servant
The work of mathematicians on 'pure' problems has often yielded ideas that have waited to be rediscovered by physicists. The work of Euclid, Apollonius and Archimedes on ellipses would be used centuries later by Kepler for his theory of planetary motion.
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Milan Kundera
Czechoslovakian Writer
In order to make the novel into a polyhistorical illumination of existence, you need to master the technique of ellipsis, the art of condensation. Otherwise, you fall into the trap of endless length.
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Bill F. Walsh
American Editor
I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses.
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Johannes Kepler
German Scientist
Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.
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Jami Attenberg
American Author
An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.
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Mary H.K. Choi
South Korean Author
Texting is incredibly anxiety-laden, but I know people who will have a full-blown panic attack if you call them. I'm one of those nightmare humans where the little mailbox has an ellipsis on it because I have 1000 unread emails. So texting is the most immediate yet least anxious of all the incredibly anxious ways that we talk to each other.
Quote examples
Dominic Cummings
British Public Servant
The work of mathematicians on 'pure' problems has often yielded ideas that have waited to be rediscovered by physicists. The work of Euclid, Apollonius and Archimedes on ellipses would be used centuries later by Kepler for his theory of planetary motion.
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Milan Kundera
Czechoslovakian Writer
In order to make the novel into a polyhistorical illumination of existence, you need to master the technique of ellipsis, the art of condensation. Otherwise, you fall into the trap of endless length.
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Bill F. Walsh
American Editor
I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses.
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Johannes Kepler
German Scientist
Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.
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Jami Attenberg
American Author
An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.
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