Ellipsis

/ɪlˈɪpsɪs/

Ellipsis

(grammar) the act of omitting a word or words from a sentence, when the meaning is complete and the omission is understood from the context

synonyms : eclipsis

a punctuation mark consisting of three dots that indicates the omission of words or a pause in speech, often used to create suspense, indicate trailing off, or show incomplete thoughts in writing

Examples

1. Ellipses are very common orbit shapes.

2. The cross-section of these two different sheets are ellipsis.

3. The actual trajectories of spacecraft represent complex ellipses.

4. -A sweep would write an ellipses.