elision

Borrowed from Latin elisionem, accusative singular of elisio.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/, /ɪˈlɪz.j(ə)n̩/

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elision (plural elisions)

1. The deliberate omission of something.
2. (linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.

   See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope

3. (computing) A different mode or method of operating a computer program.

   Derived terms: copy elision

   The parallel program running on one core should behave exactly the same as the serial elision.

• elide

• elision in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

• isoline, lionise

elision

1. genitive singular of elisio

• iloisen