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ECLIPSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eclipsis mean?
• ECLIPSIS (noun)
The noun ECLIPSIS has 1 sense:
1. omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
Familiarity information: ECLIPSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
eclipsis; ellipsis
Hypernyms ("eclipsis" is a kind of...):
deletion; omission (any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases)
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