elision
See also: élision
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin elisionem, accusative singular of elisio.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
elision (plural elisions)
- The deliberate omission of something.
- (linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
- See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope
- (computing) A different mode or method of operating a computer program.
- Derived terms: copy elision
- The parallel program running on one core should behave exactly the same as the serial elision.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
deliberate omission
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the omission of a letter or syllable
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ReferencesEdit
- elision in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
elision