ellipsis
/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/
noun
- A punctuation mark (…) used to show that words have been left out of a sentence or that a thought is unfinished.
- She wrote, 'I was thinking…' and then stopped, using an ellipsis to show hesitation.
- In the quote, the ellipsis shows that some words were removed.
- The editor added an ellipsis to indicate the missing part of the story.