ellipsis
/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/noun
(pl. ellipses /-siːz/)
1- the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues（语言或文字的）省略（法）。
1.1
- a set of dots indicating such an omission省略号。
词源
mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein 'leave out'.