The Sun flies forward to his brother Sun;
The dark Earth follows wheeled in her ellipse.
Tennyson.
El*lip"sis (l*lp"ss), n.; pl. Ellipses (- sz). [L., fr. Gr. 'e`lleipsis a leaving, defect, fr. 'ellei`pein to leave in, fall short; 'en in + lei`pein to leave. See In, and Loan, and cf. Ellipse.] 1. (Gram.) 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.