(n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."
Example Sentences:
(1) Perseverations were present in the speech of both the SRD and SDAT subjects, whereas aposiopesis, logorrhea, and palilalia were more typical of the SDAT subjects.
Ellipsis
Definition:
(n.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.
(n.) An ellipse.
Example Sentences:
(1) Several features of tumor cell nuclei were measured, including area, surface, major and minor axis of best fitting ellipsis and extinction (DNA content).
(2) During the fetal period the organs under study take the shape of the ellipsis since the width-thickness dimensions dominate over the length dimensions.
(3) • Rachel Warren, UEA, to Rita Yu, UEA, 19 August 2008 (email 310) This is a clear illustration of the danger of people posting excerpts online using ellipsis (...).
(4) Dependent variables included lexicalization versus ellipsis, pronominalization, and definite and indefinite article use.
(5) Subject ellipsis was particularly strong, as it is in normal Hungarian.
(6) The direction of the main axis to the best fitting ellipsis according to the nuclear size was used for construction of the Johnson-Mehl diagrams.
(7) In the measurement model, a microvessel intersection figure is considered as an ellipsis.
(8) The number of cohesive ties increased with both age and MLU, due to increased pronominal reference and conjunctions (while clausal and verbal ellipsis decreased).