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Meanings of ellipses in English

Russian
трёхточие
Portuguese
reticência
Spanish
puntos suspensivos
Catalan
punts suspensius
Wikidata

Series of dots that indicate omission.

Related terms
трёхточие
Portuguese
mrc-ips-42
Spanish
mrc-ips-42

Cell line.

Related terms
mrc-ips-42
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Usage of ellipses in English
1
Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and ellipses in the original have been preserved.
One Man's Initiation—1917
2
All young parts of stems are continually moving in circles or ellipses.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf / For t...
3
FOLLOWS selected quotes with self-supplied ellipses for banner inclusion in human-oriented advertising.
Futures 1
4
White House officials previously said those ellipses showed Mr Trump trailing off.
News.com.au
5
The shape and the orientation of the ellipses were not significantly altered.
Pubmed
6
Other plants describe within the same time, three, four, or five ellipses.
The Power of Movement in Plants
7
After a while, I saw Victoria Harbor appear in ellipses between crowded buildings.
Petals from the sky
8
Additionally, the eccentricities of the ellipses were investigated for links to skill level.
Pubmed
9
Their ellipses elongate and flatten again to the semblance of circles.
First and Last
10
Circles, ellipses and rectangles, with various modifications, compose the eighteen forms in use.
Life in a Thousand Worlds
11
They were fuzzy-edged ellipses, traveling from the direction of the Scribe.
Schild’s Ladder
12
The influence of Caryl Churchill is apparent in ellipses and overlaps.
The Guardian
13
Read the first part in prose order, supplying the ellipses.
The Ontario High School Reader
14
The movement is, also, now slow, two ellipses being completed conjointly in 24 hrs.
The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants
15
Great shafts of multicolored light probed huge streamers and ellipses above the higher levels.
The Street That Wasn't There
16
We can, however, see that the successively formed irregular ellipses rose higher and higher.
The Power of Movement in Plants
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