eclipsis

/IY0 K L IH1 P S IH0 S/

noun

1
A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted.
2
(Irish grammar, Manx grammar) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.
3
(obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.

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