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eclipsis

/ɪˈklɪpsɪs/

eclipsis noun: an omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.

Noun

eclipsis (countable and uncountable, plural eclipses)

  1. (obsolete) 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. (Irish, Manx grammar) 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.
    Synonyms:
    nasalization

Synonyms of eclipsis

Forms of eclipsis

pluraleclipses

Origin of eclipsis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “disappearance, abandoning”). Doublet of eclipse.

Questions about eclipsis

What does eclipsis mean?
Eclipsis means an omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.
What part of speech is eclipsis?
Eclipsis is a noun.
How do you pronounce eclipsis?
Eclipsis is pronounced /ɪˈklɪpsɪs/.
What is the plural of eclipsis?
The plural of eclipsis is eclipses.

Words near eclipsis in the dictionary

  1. eclipseth
  2. eclipsing
  3. eclipsing binaries
  4. eclipsing binary
  5. eclipsings
  6. eclipsis
  7. eclipta
  8. ecliptic
  9. ecliptic longitude
  10. ecliptic longitudes
  11. ecliptic plane

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