In poetry, the omission of words whose absence does not impede the reader’s ability to understand the expression. For example, Shakespeare makes frequent use of the phrase “I will away” in his plays, [..]

An ellipsis is a shortcut used when listing sets with roster notation.

omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences He speaks in ellipses, often leaving sentences hanging, and fiddles apologetically with his BlackBerry. — The Guardian (Jun 28, 2010)

1560s, "an ellipse," from Latin ellipsis, from Greek elleipsis "a falling short, defect, ellipse in grammar," noun of action from elleipein "to fall short, leave out," fr [..]

an ellipsis (“…”) is used at the end of menu items to indicate that additional information is needed before the action of the menu item is carried out, usually by bringing up a dialog box. Dialog boxe [..]

Ellipsis is the omission of one or more words that are understood in the context, but which are required to make the sentence or utterance grammatically correct. Ellipsis is also the name of the three [..]

A punctuation mark (...) that consists of three dots. An ellipsis is used to indicate: a pause in speech an unfinished thought and open-endedness missing information.

  "the omission of one or more words which, while essential to the grammatic structure of the sentence, are easily supplied by the reader" [Holman]

("defect") - the omission of a word or words necessary for the complete syntactical construction of a sentence but not necessary for understanding it. Don't know.

Ellipsis is the omission of words where: words repeat what has gone before and these terms are simply understood, for example 'The project will be innovative. To be involved (in the project) w [..]

the shortening of the plot duration of a film achieved by deliberately omitting intervals or sections of the narrative story or action; an ellipsis is marked by an editing transition (a fade, dissolve [..]

1. Linguistic structure where words normally needed for grammar reasons are omitted for brevirt, emphasis or both. 2. Psychanalysis. Paraxis involving omission of significant ideas in free association [..]

The use of square brackets ([ ]) or three full points (...) or a series of asterisks (****) in handwritten or printed text to indicate the omission or suppression of a word or words (four points if th [..]

Three periods in a row that usually signify a pause...

Three dots ( … ) used to indicate an omission or elision.

(n) omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

(ellipse): the omission of apart of a phrase or a clause, if that part has been stated previously in the context, and for that reason does not need to be repeated. In the following examples the ellipt [..]

A term that refers to periods of time that have been left out of the narrative. The ellipsis is marked by an editing transitions which, while it leaves out a section of the action, none the less signi [..]

the omission of words in a sentence needed to complete an idea explicitly. "I took my son to the barber and my daughter to the hairdresser."

  A set of three dots, periods, or dashes in a row. They are used between two sentences or phrases to indicate that a word or phrase has been omitted. An ellipsis is also used when bits or quips of in [..]

(typography) A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, nowadays a single character “ ellipse * '''1644''', , ' [..]