Noun

(ellipses) {{examples-right, sense=grammar, examples= * He is faster than she. (Here, a trailing “is fast” is omitted, grammatically required, and implied.) * She went home, so I did, too.'' (''Did stands for “went home”.) }}

(typography) A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, nowadays a single character “” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.

* 2006 , Danielle Corsetto, '' Girls with Slingshots: 114

CARD: Hey Baby. Thanks for the … last night. Love you!

HAZEL: Wow. I’ve never despised an ellipsis so much in my life.

(grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be inferred.

(film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.

* 2002 , David Blanke, '' The 1910s: 219

It was now possible for writers and directors to cut scenes that did not further the plot; called "ellipses " by filmmakers.