Meaning ofellipsisin English

Noun

1. a symbol for continued patterns (mathematics, typography)
   The mathematician used an ellipsis to indicate the continuation of the sequence.
2. three periods (with/without spaces) showing missing words
   In the quotation, an ellipsis was used to show that some words were omitted.
3. a punctuation mark indicating omitted text
   The editor inserted an ellipsis to indicate that parts of the original text were removed.