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Ellipsis vs Member - What's the difference?

ellipsis | member |

As nouns the difference between ellipsis and member

is that ellipsis is (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 while member is member (person).

ellipsis

English

(wikipedia ellipsis)

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.

    Synonyms

    * (typography indicating omission) dot dot dot

    See also

    (punctuation) English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    member

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) membre, from (etyl) membre, from (etyl) . Coexists with native (etyl) lim, ).

    Alternative forms

    * membre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who officially belongs to a group.
  • A part of a whole.
    • The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
  • * 1979 , Kenneth J. Englund, "The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carbonfierous) Systems in the United States - Virginia", Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper , Volume 1110
    • The member' intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone ' member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age
  • Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
  • * Bible, Rom. xii. 4
    • We have many members' in one body, and all ' members have not the same office.
  • The penis.
  • (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
  • (set theory) An element of a set.
  • (computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
  • (AU, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
  • A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
  • (math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
    • Synonyms
    * (limb) limb, lith * (penis) penis, pintle * (of a syllogism) premise, premiss * (of a set) element
    Derived terms
    * crewmember * dismember * male member * member of staff * membership
    Descendants
    * Japanese:

    Etymology 2

    See remember.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To remember.
  • (obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.
    • (Webster 1913) 1000 English basic words ----