Meanings (ES + gloss)
puntos suspensivos
A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
The ellipsis in 0.333... means that the number is a repeating decimal, having threes that go on forever.
The ellipsis in 1, 2, 3, ..., 8, 9 means that the numbers 4, 5, 6, and 7 are not explicitly included, but are considered to be part of the pattern.
elipsis
The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
elipse
A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.
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