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; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
- (computing) A different mode or method of operating a computer program.
- 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
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Webster, Noah (1828), “elision”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
elision
- Genitive singular form of elisio.