| 单词 | ellipsis |
| 例句 | Here we have an adverb, unproblematically, modifying the verb continue, an ellipsis for continue to be. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Take a cone and cut it up; you get circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas, depending on how you slice it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, still nothing, not even an ellipsis, and I feel a little sick about it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Tracing toward it from the north was a long ellipsis of puffy white dots: the smoky breath of a train. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Before Martin’s mother passed, it was her lot to translate the ellipses and muttered asides that constituted conversation between father and son. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I lost myself in the rhythm of the strokes, my arms tracing long ellipses in the air as if pulling something toward me that refused to come. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z This was the beginning of the discipline of projective geometry, where mathematicians look at the shadows and projections of geometric figures to uncover hidden truths even more powerful than the equivalence of parabolas and ellipses. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Johannes Kepler, the man who discovered that planets travel in ellipses, took this idea—the infinitely distant point—one step further. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Eventually the detailed observations of the apparent motion of the planets forced him to abandon the idea of circular paths and to realize that planets travel in ellipses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed that comets, like planets, move in ellipses: “Comets are a sort of planets revolved in very eccentric orbits about the Sun.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Kepler’s first two laws may seem a little remote and abstract: planets move in ellipses, and sweep out equal areas in equal times. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as Kepler was concerned, elliptical orbits were merely an ad hoc hypothesis, and a rather repugnant one at that, because ellipses were clearly less perfect than circles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He ended with an almost Shakespearean ellipsis: “Our business now is north.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Thus, Kepler’s point at infinity proved that parabolas and ellipses are actually the same thing. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As Joyce Carol Oates has said, "the Joycean short story is immediately recognisable as a sub-genre in which the directness of the prose and the suggestive ellipsis of poetry are blended". A brief survey of the short story 2011-03-09T09:41:46Z This ellipsis is a casual piece of grammar. Perspective | The unbearable lightness of Elon Musk’s texts 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z He drops his voice on the long “i,” letting it trail off into an endless, whispery ellipsis. For Peter Brook, the Experimental Showman, ‘Nothing Is Ever Finished’ 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z It is these ellipses that Barnes seems at pains to articulate in the second half of the book, in the stories about the senses. Pulse by Julian Barnes ? review 2011-01-02T00:03:03Z Like not using punctuation, using a lot of ellipses, changing the tone of the narrator, flashing forward and backward within a paragraph, changing tense within a paragraph. Why artist Tim Youd is spending his nights on Hollywood Boulevard retyping John Rechy's hustling novel 'City of Night' 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z In interview after interview down the years, Seagal has raised the spectre of something akin to special-forces experience, only for the gambit to end in tantalising ellipsis. Steven Seagal: how the would-be senator was ahead by a ponytail 2013-03-21T18:40:01Z Together, they embody snapshots of the hypnotic ellipses that made up Aten Reign in triptych tribute to the mesmerizing artwork. A New Line of Prints Captures James Turrell’s Most Captivating Work 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z And the production ends not with a triumphant declaration, but the ellipsis of an incomplete rhyme. Review: James McAvoy’s Rapping Cyrano Dazzles With Words 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The ellipses in the narrative, you realise, have enacted Nick's own suppression of his feelings. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 2011-07-22T21:55:09Z As the narrator remarks, “Of all the punctuation marks, he told me, ellipses were his favorite.” ‘Suspended Sentences’: An eloquent taste of the 2014 Nobel Prize winner in literature Sometimes big ellipses are cut from them, creating a subliminal suggestion both of masks and Ku Klux Klan hoods. In ‘Fly Away,’ Rashid Johnson Keeps the Focus on Race 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “Trump trails off. He uses ellipses and coded language. He lets his listeners fill in what they want.” A Scholar of Fascism Sees a Lot That’s Familiar with Trump 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Google had, but Apple hadn’t, and the zeroes on his iPhone were replaced with an ellipsis. Every Day Should Be E-Mail Debt Forgiveness Day 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Rather, this show, titled “Junction/Cycle” after its two main components, revisits the graceful spirals and ellipses Mr. Serra exhibited here around 2001. Art Review: Richard Serra?s Sculpture at Gagosian Gallery - Review 2011-10-05T21:35:03Z A combination of a period and an ellipsis requires precise use of inner space. Comma Queen: The Ellipsis, Yadda Yadda Yadda 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z As a summary statement, the book, like the show, is a form of punctuation, though, graphically speaking, which one: an exclamation point, a question mark, an ellipsis? A Gathering of Greats in a Trove of Drawings at the Morgan 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z There is invariably a long silence of ellipses, before they go on to talk, with practised wit, about bendy buses and bankers' bonuses. Pulse by Julian Barnes ? review 2011-01-02T00:03:03Z Singer then wrote the slur out in abbreviated form, typing its first three letters and an ellipsis. “RHONY” star Ramona Singer booted off BravoCon following recent racism accusations 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Everyone chooses what to reveal, and what not to; it's in these ellipses that the true drama often lies. Should radio drama be more realistic? 2011-07-28T10:51:37Z Nearby, Mr. O’Gara, back in action, explained the orbital paths of Mars and the Earth to a rapt audience of two, drawing ellipses in the air with a forefinger. No Red Carpet, but the Stars Are Out 2013-05-09T21:20:33Z Much has been said about the richness of Ondaatje's writing, the sensuousness of his physical descriptions and his poet's gift for using well-timed silences and ellipses to speak volumes. Booker club: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 2011-03-04T11:00:46Z The ellipsis in the title can also insinuate the possibilities of different environments for the music. Messiaen's ode to Utah's national parks is a multimedia wonder at Disney Hall 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z When it comes to “black” art, debate what it means, but go with Ms. O’Grady’s ellipsis. Radiant and Radical: 20 Years of Defining the Soul of Black Art 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z And look nearby, under some juniper bushes: an ellipses of McDonald’s bags, wrappers, and cups. It could happen anywhere 2012-08-07T22:24:00Z Throughout, Moss’s voice is conversational, punctuated with frequent ellipses and colloquialisms: “Oh well.” Memoirs of Womanhood by Emily Ratajkowski, Toufah Jallow and N. West Moss 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Certainly ellipsis and ambiguity define Kipling's post-1900 work, which, if not modernist itself, travels on a modernist trajectory. A brief survey of the short story part 41: Rudyard Kipling 2012-06-21T11:28:42Z I frequently paused before a blinking ellipsis icon, which indicates that your correspondent is mid-response, perhaps thinking over his reply. How Dennis Cooper Creates Fiction from GIFs 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The very model of classical Hollywood’s “invisible” filmmakers, McCarey doesn’t work through grand gestures and bold compositions, but rather through carefully judged ellipses and unobtrusive metaphors. DVDs: In the Depression, a Couple Undone 2010-02-19T23:59:00Z But he also makes intelligent use of narrative delay and ellipses that help build suspense and suspicion. Movie Review: ‘The Conjuring’ Puts Lili Taylor in a Haunted House 2013-07-18T21:46:43Z So we've come up with a sample: Here are 13 complete sentences from the book, and 20 made safe for work only with a lot of ... ellipses. 'Grey' by EL James: 13 we sentences can show you - and 20 we can't 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Apple hadn’t thought of that, and the ellipsis had returned. Every Day Should Be E-Mail Debt Forgiveness Day 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s the same impulse that’s behind the ellipses at the end of so many of her essays; her writing rarely winds up, but wanes with unnerving preoccupation. Joan Didion Revisits the Past Once More 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z History is not punctuated with a period but rather with continuing ellipses. Poet Elizabeth Alexander celebrates the power of a people’s voice 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The chord, played by members of Alarm Will Sound, became a ghostly ellipsis, hanging heavy and impassive in the air. Review: Björk at Carnegie Hall, Heartbreak and Pathos 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z As if by common consent, people turned to the ellipsis and the exclamation point. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z Throughout the book are rough sketches of ellipses and circles, small glimpses of the groundbreaking forms that would launch the then-budding artist’s career. Fifty Years of Lee Bontecou's Surreal Drawings 2014-02-06T05:00:00Z And early in arts training there is always the drawing of circles and ellipses. How Venus Williams, ice skating and pita bread inspire Los Angeles artist Kori Newkirk 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The colored facade resembles a flag, with a bold modernist cross — and the canopy is an extrusion of ellipses, so, so beautiful. A Walk Through Harlem, New York’s Most Storied Neighborhood 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z In the drawings, from a late-1980s series called “Reflections of Africa,” ellipses and triangles emerge from velvety grounds of charcoal, acrylic, graphite and oilstick. 2010-02-12T00:02:00Z As punctuation following Ishiuchi's show, "The Younger Generation: Contemporary Japanese Photography" is as open-ended as an ellipsis and as emphatic as an exclamation point. In her photos, Ishiuchi Miyako focuses on the dynamics, tensions of postwar Japan 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Anna used to work at a refugee organization she calls the Center for Temporary Permanence, and that, or its reverse — permanent temporariness — is the condition the novel explores in its intricate cross-weaving and careful ellipses. Books of The Times: ?There but for the,? by Ali Smith - Review 2011-10-18T20:34:14Z This pause feels loud, loud and more sudden than the pause of an ellipsis, not a trailing off or a vague omission but a slam, decisive, like a palm on a table. How Poets Use Punctuation as a Superpower and a Secret Weapon 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z It’s a strange, if not an intriguing, musical ellipsis for them. Goldfrapp’s Impressive New Album: Tales Of Us 2013-09-20T12:00:56Z She sent back several sad but supportive texts, woven together with ellipses. Modern Love: What Is Carved in Stone 2011-05-27T17:29:32Z Another common strategy was inserting small visual cells like thought bubbles, or ellipses, throughout his work. Review | The Smithsonian censored him in 2010. Now, the Whitney is celebrating his grandeur. 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z With Lonergan, everything she needed was there on the page, down to the dots of each ellipsis. Michelle Williams: ‘When something is available, I’ll risk any embarrassment to get it’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Toughest Place to Be a . . . is a three-part series, with a different profession following the ellipses each week. TV review: Toughest Place to Be a ? Paramedic 2011-02-14T08:00:01Z In some cases, Montes uses a single circle as a divider; in others, a series of three, like a vertical ellipsis. How Poets Use Punctuation as a Superpower and a Secret Weapon 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z At the renovated and rebranded Center for Brooklyn History, they’re going with an ellipsis. A New Home for Brooklyn History: ‘Everybody’s Story Is Here’ 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z “Often they don’t know what to say, so what I suggest is, ‘Let’s not mention the pet and the death, let’s just say ‘sending much love, ellipsis’ and sign your name.’” We Are Saying It With Flowers. Loudly and Repeatedly. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The bursts of asterisks, the scattering of exclamation points and ellipses, the syncopated distribution of repeated phrases and capitalized words — one could spot a Tom Wolfe sentence a room away. Tom Wolfe Kept a Close, Comical and Astonished Eye on America 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z “Masterpiece” then pans very slowly — with lots of emphatic italics, arch ellipses and a few footnotes — over the full arc of the fake movie’s development. Nice Guy Meets Iron Man in the First Novel by Tom Hanks 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z They’re interested in miracles — for both the blind and the murderous — but their commitment to art film narrative ellipses and restraint seems to hold them back. A Mobster’s Tale in ‘Salvo,’ With Saleh Bakri 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z But Duncan-Brewster — like so many of the other well-cast supporting performers — makes enough of an impression that she helps fill in the script’s ellipses. ‘Dune’ Review: A Hero in the Making, on Shifting Sands 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z It’s a perfect blend of mannerism and naturalism, as its bold circles and ellipses of ink combine seamlessly with large, looser brush strokes that outline the contours of his head. Noted Seattle artist’s final show reveals he was vibrant to the end 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z This is called ellipsis, and is found in many a well-polished work of prose. Memo to schoolmarms: It’s OK to use incomplete sentences 2013-04-18T17:09:00Z With delicate dense knife pleats these ellipses visually sculpted a feminine shape that was highly flattering to busts and waists, like a geometric hourglass. McCartney's "everyday" show: gilded venue, celebs 2012-10-01T14:51:14Z What … is … the point … of the … insane … amount … of ellipses? Martin Amis Offers the ‘Inside Story’ of His Relationships With Three Famous Writers 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The Worst Person in the World,” though, takes place over a longer stretch of time, with ellipses in between. Life in chapters in ‘The Worst Person in the World’ 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z That’s because the next time you see Kal-El after liftoff, he’s all grown up and toiling on a fishing boat off the northwest Canadian coast, a filmic ellipsis that abruptly spans decades. Movie Review: ‘Man of Steel’ Depicts a Striving Stranger in a Strange Land 2013-06-13T16:00:30Z He speaks in ellipses, often leaving sentences hanging, and fiddles apologetically with his BlackBerry. US photographer Steve McCurry: Go with the flow 2010-06-28T20:31:00Z Hesitantly, I punched her name into another search box and watched the ellipsis spin. I was adopted at 41 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Reading “Rain” was my first exposure to the art of ellipsis. Reflecting on a Lifetime of Reading and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z And editorial choices, composite characters, compressions and ellipses—10 years compressed in two-and-a-half hours. Cover Story: Kathryn Bigelow’s Art of Darkness 2013-01-24T12:35:23Z Circles, spheres, ellipses and various orifices abound, but the work is so diverse and strong you don’t initially see this formal through line. Abstraction at Manhattan Galleries 2010-08-05T22:14:00Z Neither of its stories so much ends as trails into a disturbing ellipsis of unresolved questions. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Defying Expectations Off Broadway 2013-01-24T17:37:58Z In the twelve untitled poems that ran on quarto-size pages, scattered with varied-length ellipses, his long lines expand and contract between the margins like the steady crash of waves. The “Sea-Salt” in Walt Whitman’s Poetry 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z They have the peculiar ominous quality of the ellipses in National Weather Service warnings: “THREAT … CONSIDERABLE.” For 3 Poets Who Embrace Excess, the Mess Is the Message 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Time and again, you look for some feeling to break through and help anchor Murphy’s expressionism, with its narrative ellipses and colored lights. ‘Babyteeth’ Review: Love Means Never Having, Well, You Know 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Specifically that little gray bubble with the ellipses that pops up on your iPhone while the person on the other end of your text message is writing a response. Texting Anxiety Caused by Little Bubbles 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Rather than attempt to convey that significance in its full sweep, Chukwu condenses it into meaningful details, fugitive moments, tranquil ellipses, explosive gestures and, especially, the face of one woman in joy and in agony. ‘Till’ Review: He Was Someone’s Son, Too 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z There’s something almost cosmic in the orbs, rings, ellipses and coronas that comprise his luminous glass assemblages. Aussie-U.S. glass-art ties made clear at Museum of Glass 2013-07-31T22:35:09Z Ms. Baker said it was a “huge revelation” to discover that the Russian text is riddled with ellipses, sentence fragments, and filler — words like “tak” and “nu,” rough equivalents of “um” and “er.” Annie Baker’s ‘Uncle Vanya,’ Set for Soho Rep 2012-06-08T00:30:02Z The opening draws you right in with its destabilizing jump cuts, controlled freneticism, narrative ellipses and oddball swerves — cut to a fog-wreathed discussion about insomnia — which creates an inviting ambiguity. ‘Decision to Leave’ Review: A Labyrinth of Desire 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z His comedic rhythm feels like a throwback, with a lot of zingers and jokes that rely on audience laughter as a sort of ellipsis between punchlines. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Here, he painted in watercolour around larger stones taken from a river bed, using feathers for brushes and again producing unpredictable ellipses within a highly structured situation. As if by chance 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z Mr. Lewis’s art and humor lay in the ellipsis. Why France Understood Jerry Lewis as America Never Did 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z The trek is through a weird ellipsis of history; survivors emerge from a daze, a nation tries to piece together an identity out of rubble. The 10 greatest second world war films you haven't seen 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Scenes of quotidian life trail off in ellipses: the sci-fi puppetry of “Fireball XL5” plays on televisions in Anchorage, farther from the epicenter but still pummeled. How a 9.2 earthquake in Alaska in 1964 changed our understanding is explained in 'The Great Quake' 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Away from drama it's also impossible to imagine a show like The Million Pound Drop being quite as tense without its musical ellipses and exclamation marks. Does TV background music bother you? 2011-03-15T12:08:11Z Why not render one section in ellipses or skip the climax altogether? A Playful Masterpiece That Expanded the Novel’s Possibilities 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z It ends by virtually begging us to call for a sequel, stopping just short of an on-screen ellipsis and question mark. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z It is a novel of ellipses: to understand it well, we must learn to read between the lines, as Gatsby fails to do. What makes The Great Gatsby great? 2013-05-03T18:00:00Z Berkoff’s script is written in a kind of speedy Morse code with asides, dashes and ellipses, all delivered in an unrelenting pace onstage. Review: In ‘Sex, Grift and Death,’ One-Acts That Test Perceptions 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z In the best painting the ellipses rain down like spearheads. In ‘Fly Away,’ Rashid Johnson Keeps the Focus on Race 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z At first glance, seem so laidback you wonder if they could manage an ellipsis … but when they revealed the title of their fifth album, there sat an ! like an unnecessary appendage on a hi-tech anorak. From Help! to Build A Rocket Boys!, exclamation marks rock! 2011-01-15T00:07:06Z If you can get past the blatant misuse of ellipses, capitalization, apostrophes and text-speak, it is an entertaining, and sometimes fascinating, read. Does he like me? 2012-10-11T00:00:00Z In the simulations the researchers observed ellipses, triangles and squares. Unexpected behavior discovered in active particles 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z I wrote, as an accompanying caption, “The Star Wars/Le Creuset pots imply the existence of a Type of Guy I find genuinely unimaginable...” — just like that, ellipsis and all. What Was Twitter, Anyway? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z “Everyone was aware of the ellipses that my mom left after ‘knew.’ Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson might be real brothers? Duuuuuuude 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Nugent uses ellipses after nearly every phrase, which function both as indication of omission and a break in linear time. Building a New Canon of Black Literature 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “You know how people text, right? My dad used a lot of emojis, a lot of ellipses,” she says. 7 surprising revelations from Netflix’s ‘Harry & Meghan’ 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Once you have the app, open the desktop version of Twitter and click on the icon showing ellipses in a circle. With Twitter in chaos, some ways to protect your account 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The game is an ellipsis between moments, running constantly in the background of my life. Opinion | I’m hooked on ‘Clash Royale.’ It’s a problem. 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z He talks in ellipses and apologises several times for rambling - but there's an obvious affection for Pavement and its fans. Pavement on their reunion: 'We're like an uncaged tiger' 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z An ellipsis belongs here, not an empathic period, because Wall stands at the starting line in his journey for wholeness. Perspective | We’re seeing John Wall at his strongest. He still has some heavy lifting. 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z But Newton was the first to propose an exact mathematical form and to use that form to show that the motion of heavenly bodies should be conic sections—circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Furthermore, binary star orbits, just like the orbits of the planets, are ellipses, not circles. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In this chapter, you will learn about conics, including circles, parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas. Intermediate Algebra 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z She merely wants to turn that full stop into an ellipsis. Netflix’s The Sandman is a dream adaptation of a classic 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The same approach can be used for other shapes such as circles and ellipses. Calculus, Volume 3 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z For the following exercises, determine whether the given equations represent ellipses. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z However, we shall see in Orbits and Gravity that the planets, like Earth, travel about the Sun in orbits that are ellipses, not circles. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z When an equation has both an x2 and a y2 with different coefficients, we verify that it is an ellipsis by putting it in standard form. Intermediate Algebra 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z Now, you can tap the ellipses on a workout type and customize views to your heart’s content. watchOS 9 preview: all about fitness and personalization 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z But they don’t offer as complex a spatial experience as “Sylvester” or others of Serra’s spiraling ellipses. Glenstone unveils a monumental Richard Serra, in a custom-built space 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z For the following exercises, find the foci for the given ellipses. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z Kepler generalized this result in his first law and said that the orbits of all the planets are ellipses. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Flockhart is also impressed with the precision of Albee’s text — the ellipses, the exclamation points, the capital letters, the detailed stage directions. Calista Flockhart on playing a storied role in Edward Albee's theatrical battle of wits 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z He’s more interested in shading in the narrative ellipses and bringing out the workaday texture of his characters’ worlds. Review: Romance and real estate mix in the sweet and sexy 'Paris, 13th District' 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z In stories where people interviewed said “war,” for example, there are ellipses and the phrase “word prohibited by the Russian authorities.” Two days of Russian news coverage: an alternate reality of war 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z For the following exercises, graph the given ellipses, noting center, vertices, and foci. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z But the planets move in ellipses, not straight lines; therefore, some force must be bending their paths. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The exhibition functions more like an ellipsis, an open-ended invitation. With four L.A. shows, Enrique Martínez Celaya displays the breadth of his artistic range 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z And like blood spatter at a crime scene, the axes of these ellipses projected back to a common point. Evidence of giant asteroid strike may be buried under Wyoming 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The timeline of the film is open to interpretation, as the chapter breaks form ellipses in the exact passage of time. Get to know 'The Worst Person in the World': One of the year's first must-see movies 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Real-world situations can be modeled using the standard equations of ellipses and then evaluated to find key features, such as lengths of axes and distance between foci. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z These seemingly simple pen strokes — and the ellipsis of the white space, which your own, happily collaborative mind fills in — are anything but static. Opinion | These Hirschfeld Drawings Capture Sondheim’s Shows Better Than Any Photo 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Reading a later volume of Proust amid a breakup, I filled the margins with uncomfortable ellipses, onomatopoetic groans and little else. How Scribbling in the Margins Transformed My Reading 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The fingernails are closely cropped, tips arching in unblemished partial ellipses. Hands the key to keeping a grip in Olympic climbing 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z The skinny landing ellipses of MERs were as long as the crater itself, posing a real risk of the multi-hundred-million-dollar rovers slamming into the mountain or crater walls during their descent. How NASA Aims to Achieve Perseverance’s High-Stakes Mars Landing 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Later in the chapter, we will see ellipses that are rotated in the coordinate plane. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z Washington’s 27-21 win over Oregon State didn’t kick off the Jimmy Lake era with an exclamation point so much as an ellipses. It was ugly. It was concerning. But it was a season-opening win for the Huskies. 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z We meet the herd, but it doesn’t meet us; it moves toward and then away from us, until we are left in its wake, tracks of ellipses drifting across the page. In the Arctic, Reindeer Are Sustenance and a Sacred Presence 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z As writers, we’d be doing a disservice to put a period on the end of that sentence rather than an ellipsis. ‘Insecure’ finally reunited Issa and Lawrence. Inside the game-changing episode 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z As noisy child and adolescent, I experienced a fair few arched eyebrows when I decided to write my undergraduate dissertation on ellipsis in modernist literature. Top 10 books about silence | Abbie Greaves 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z To work with horizontal and vertical ellipses in the coordinate plane, we consider two cases: those that are centered at the origin and those that are centered at a point other than the origin. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z “No surprises … nothing hidden … nothing different or odd to speculate about ….,” he wrote, ellipses and all. Bob Iger Thought He Was Leaving on Top. Now, He’s Fighting for Disney’s Life. 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z "The ellipsis after MOTHER… suggests the omission of a second word - to be added by the viewer," explains artist Ivan Morison. Contemplating the Fens through art 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Galaxies are thought to reside within vast clumps and strands of dark matter, whose gravity distorts the images of more distant galaxies, creating correlations among the orientations of the tiny ellipses. Cheap balloon-borne telescopes aim to rival space observatories 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z According to his notes, Colonel Vindman said, the ellipses took the place of Mr. Trump saying “there are recordings.” After Acquittal, Trump Repeats Inaccurate Claims on Impeachment and Ukraine 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z First we will learn to derive the equations of ellipses, and then we will learn how to write the equations of ellipses in standard form. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z On the page, descriptions of their actions were peppered with dashes and ellipses, in a loose style that Salon reviewer Roger Gathman described as “writing that has come out in its undershirt.” Stephen Dixon, prolific writer of experimental, unsettling fiction, dies at 83 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Vindman said he tried twice — unsuccessfully — to make the record accurate by filling in words replaced with ellipses. How Trump will try to derail impeachment 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The draft, which in this case included a few ellipses, is circulated to several people, including NSC subject matter specialists who listened in on the call. Impeachment inquiry focuses on White House lawyers 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z In the White House rough transcript, there are three parts of the telephone call where ellipses replace what was said. Vindman testimony fills gaps on Trump Ukraine call 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z When the ellipse is centered at some point, we use the standard forms for horizontal ellipses and for vertical ellipses. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z At first glance, the problem with the ellipses in the call summary may not seem altogether new. White House official: Trump's 'exact' transcript omitted key details 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The rough transcript also contains ellipses at three points where Trump is speaking. Colonel tried to fill in gaps in transcript of Trump’s Ukraine call 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z He writes that the philosopher’s style is one of “rhetorical questions, ellipses, fables, mini-dialogues, hints that much is left unsaid, and apparent praise for seeming to be other than you are.” Nietzsche’s Eternal Return 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z There’s a suggestion that the information isn’t complete due to ellipses in the log of the call. Ever since impeachment inquiry was announced, it's been getting crazier out there 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Compare this derivation with the one from the previous section for ellipses. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z It hasn’t been clear what those ellipses between “look into it” and “it sounds horrible” represented. White House official: Trump's 'exact' transcript omitted key details 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Vindman told investigators that at the point of the transcript where the third set of ellipses appear, Trump said there were tapes of Biden. Colonel tried to fill in gaps in transcript of Trump’s Ukraine call 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z It is unclear whether the ellipses indicate that words were omitted or that Mr. Trump’s voice was trailing off. How a Fringe Theory About Ukraine Took Root in the White House 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z After the release of the memo, a White House source told the Associated Press that the ellipses were only used to “refer to a trailing off of a voice or pause.” How much is missing from Ukraine transcript? Former officials point to ellipses, "odd markings" 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Beyond the fact that the memo is not a verbatim transcript, it contains three ellipses where Mr. Trump was speaking — and each in a place where he was asking the Ukrainian president for investigations. The Extra-Secret White House Computer System, Explained 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z What about the other two instances in which ellipses appeared in the call summary? White House official: Trump's 'exact' transcript omitted key details 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The transcript, which was not verbatim and contained several ellipses, does show Mr. Zelensky saying Ukraine is “almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.” Examining Trump’s Claims About Democrats and Ukraine 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z There are also points in the phone call between Trump and Zelensky where there are ellipses. Former George W. Bush lawyer Richard Painter: Trump is "a lot worse than Nixon" 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z But there were curious ellipses in key sections. Alleged cover-up attempt would make key GOP senator 'a little upset' 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The document included three ellipses indicating that part of Mr. Trump’s comments may be missing, though it is unclear how much was left out. ‘Do Us a Favor’: Calls Shows Trump’s Interest in Using U.S. Power for His Gain 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Administration officials said the ellipses in the transcript represent words that trailed off or were inaudible. How CrowdStrike Became Part of Trump’s Ukraine Call 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The transcript contained a footnote that said it was not “verbatim,” and it contained ellipses. Whistleblower Is Said to Allege Concerns About White House Handling of Ukraine Call 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The words are memorialized on a mural of a bloodied, victorious Diaz painted on the side of a building in his hometown, the last word replaced by an ellipsis. U.F.C. Needs an Antihero: Nate Diaz Returns Just in Time 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z At other times he shoots at oblique angles, creating variously sized ellipses. Review: Why artist Anthony Hernandez takes his 'Screened Pictures' through bus-stop screens 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Administration officials said the ellipses indicated when Mr. Trump trailed off or was inaudible. ‘Do Us a Favor’: Calls Shows Trump’s Interest in Using U.S. Power for His Gain 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The racist diatribe came in a string of tweets, separated by ellipses. Trump’s Racist Tweets, and the Question of Who Belongs in America 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Biden may look very silly to Twitter sophisticates with his attempted solemnity interspersed with odd ellipses and double hyphens. Why Facebook is making a big bet on Messenger 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Using ellipses to indicate a skeptical pause, she wrote that Wednesday’s decision would never have appeared among decisions by the court “save that this case involves … class proceedings.” Split 5 to 4, Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Class Arbitrations 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z “Sooo …… I’m recused,” she texted, with ellipses to introduce her point, “but when people accuse us of overcharging cases … 16 counts on a class 4 becomes exhibit A.” Kim Foxx told Joseph Magats that Jussie Smollett overcharged despite recusal, texts and emails show 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z To start, click the ellipses located on the right side of the profile name. How to control the lighting of your Razer peripherals 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z More often than not the real stories are transpiring in the silences, in the margins and ellipses that another filmmaker might be inclined to fill in. A retrospective on Claire Denis shows why she's one of the world's greatest directors 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z A chapter in the story that should read, "The Trump-Russia Scandal: The End" is instead punctuated by question marks or an ellipsis. Is the Trump-Russia political drama over? Not at all: Bill Barr's ending fell flat 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The Patriots commemorated the anniversary by securing another championship against the same franchise, in a similar way, for a title that represents not a bookend so much as an ellipsis. Patriots Win in Lowest-Scoring Super Bowl Ever 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z It will at first orbit Earth in expanding ellipses and, about two months later, cross into the moon’s orbit. Israeli spacecraft gets final element before 2019 moon launch 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z When my husband encountered the ellipses or when I perceived a mismatch between Jim’s wording and Sam’s, my husband would pause while I tried to discern what the words really said. Opinion | My Friend Wrote a Book Before He Died. Could I Read His Handwriting? 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z The natural inclination is to assume that their convalescence represented nothing more than ellipses, a tantalizing recess between touchdowns, and that they will resume evading defenders and flinging impossible throws. Carson Wentz Edges Andrew Luck as Two Comebacks Cross Paths in Philadelphia 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z There's this real wonderful use of ellipses and aside in the poem—is that conscious? Nick Flynn Reads Zoë Hitzig 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Trump's supersized ellipses that indicates he is nowhere near finished with this thought after one tweet so stay tuned for the next one, it's gonna be amazing, everyone's saying it's just stupendous. Donald Trump sliding into our DMs: An AMBER alert, but for the country’s soul 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z As for the story of her sobriety, well, she has put an ellipsis on it. Kristi Coulter got tired of drinking culture, so she got sober and wrote a collection of essays 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Examples of the first case−novelty forced by data−are Kepler’s ellipses and quantum theory. Physics Needs Philosophy / Philosophy Needs Physics 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z It is so incensed it uses only two-thirds of the usual ellipsis in its “How dare you ..” headline. Trump, May and 'fake schmooze': today's front pages 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The piece used Hiaasen’s love of ellipses in e-mails as a conceit to talk about how he never liked endings. A Capital Gazette Alum Returns to Annapolis to Help Get the Paper Out 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It will orbit Earth in expanding ellipses and, about two months later, cross into the moon’s orbit. Israel plans to land unmanned spacecraft on moon in February 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Her speech is lilting, soft south London, and punctuated liberally with ellipses. Florence Welch: ‘I wonder sometimes, did I dream too big?’ 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Mr Brightside captures their exchanged Twitter messages - and the tell-tale animated ellipsis marks, which show that Will is carefully considering his response. Twitter 'murder mystery' grips Spain 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Layovers are enforced ellipses in life — temporary tenures in air-conditioned limbo. Letter of Recommendation: Airport Layovers 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Wolfe invented words, wrote in the point of view of his characters and peppered his pages with ellipses, italics and exclamation marks. Tom Wolfe, apostle of ‘New Journalism’ who captured extravagance of his times, dies at 88 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z In fact, Sen. Warren used an ellipsis to conceal that these functions are discretionary; the statute states that the office “shall have such powers and duties as the Director may delegate to the Office, including.” Mick Mulvaney Replies to Elizabeth Warren 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z But Batygin uses a simplified model in which the disk’s constituents are smeared and stretched into thin “wires” that loop in concentric ellipses right around the disk. Does a Quantum Equation Govern Some of the Universe's Large Structures? 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The ellipses, for the record, were in the original. White House shows how not to respond to John Lewis 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z I really wanted to direct the actors through the sex scenes, and not put a big ellipsis in it where the movie stops. Angela Robinson on the frank eroticism of her Wonder Woman movie 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Simply tap the ellipsis at the top right of any post and select “save” from the pop-up menu. Twelve Facebook tips that everyone should know 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z In the sixteenth century, Kepler analysed the data of Copernicus and Brahe to reveal a previously hidden pattern: planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus of the ellipse. Quantum machine learning : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z He added an ellipsis at the end but waited seven minutes to post another tweet. Late-night on Trump: 'You're not supposed to sound like North Korea' 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Given his age and recent performances in the tournament, many around the game view this as the logical period, rather than an ellipsis or comma, to Mickelson's Open endeavors. U.S. Open be damned, Phil Mickelson's leaving a winning legacy - Golf Digest 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z It has taken too long for the ellipses, omissions and subterfuges in the American – and now universal – promise of liberty to be widely noticed. The Divided States: Trump's inauguration and how democracy has failed 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Planetary orbits are elliptical, rather than circular, and their gravitational interactions with one another may cause the shapes of these ellipses to change over the years. Finding micrometeorites in city gutters 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z The Times of India, that country’s largest newspaper, offered congratulations to the president-elect, paired with a sly use of ellipses to refer to one of Trump’s best-known vulgarities. Across the globe, caution and dismay greet Trump victory 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Note: This is kinda long, even though I'm making generous use of ellipses: Is it us, or is Davis Love III strangely obsessed with Bill Belichick? - Golf Digest 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Tom Wolfe is known for two things: his trademark prose, liberally studded with exclamation marks, italics and ellipses, and the way he wields it to demolish pompous, status-seeking, class-conscious Americans. His white suit unsullied by research, Tom Wolfe tries to take down Charles Darwin and Noam Chomsky 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z "I came up with the idea almost as a joke, us being human ellipses, it was like we were reborn and starting again and shedding old skin," explains singer Simon Neil. Biffy Clyro: nude cover signals 'rebirth' - BBC News 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Playbook reads in the clipped rhythm that Mr. Leibovich describes, with big, bold headlines, ellipses and em dashes. Mike Allen, Politico’s Newsletter Pioneer, Is Handing Over the Reins 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z He practically invented the form, and the form was a long chain of snippets — rumor, prediction, innuendo — racing down the page, separated by ellipses. Donald Trump is a serial liar. More upsetting is that no one seems to care 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z But a season like this shouldn’t end with an ellipsis. Dungey riding high into Supercross finale 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Like, every sentence ends with a period … except when it ends ellipses or a question mark or no mark at all because it’s a headline. 7 Things You—Probably?—Didn't Understand About Punctuation!!!! 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The three band members are pictured on their sides in foetal position, forming the ellipsis of the title. Biffy Clyro: nude cover signals 'rebirth' - BBC News 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The ad ended with an ellipsis and contained neither Adele’s name nor a release date for a new album. Adele appears to tease music fans with new material in TV ad 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The ad ended with an ellipsis and contained neither Adele's name nor a release date for a new album. Adele beaks her silence? Singer appears to tease fans with new material as album expected 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The shooting and its aftermath hung over us the rest of the school year; for the graduating students, they remained a set of emotional ellipses never quite resolved. The Life and Death of an Urban School 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z The point of a biography is to reveal what’s behind the ellipses. The Radicalization of Joan Didion 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z And the ellipsis is Wesleyan’s—presumably as a placeholder for more initials to come. Buckley, Vidal, and the “Queer” Question 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z If the ellipsis is placed in the middle of a set of non-Latin script characters, including Arabic, Marathi and Chinese, it causes the system to crash and the phone to reboot. The iPhone bug that lets anyone crash your phone with a text message 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z But not all those orbits were the stable, low-eccentricity ellipses that the current planets show today. Life Ain't Easy: What Would Make an Exoplanet "Earth-Like"? [Excerpt] 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z That unreadable look on your friend's face during an uncomfortable conversation has been replaced by a speech bubble and a pulsing ellipsis. Unfriended is the first film to accurately capture our virtual lives 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z But its ellipses were almost palpable, so closely was the company associated with the construction of midcentury masculinity in miniature. Isaac Heller, Co-Founder of Remco and Toymaker to a Generation, Dies at 88 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z A friend inserts an ellipses — “Can’t wait … !!” — so, as she puts it, “it’s less intense.” Red Pencils Ready? 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z When the text message is displayed by a banner alert or notification on the lockscreen, the system attempts to abbreviate the text with an ellipsis. The iPhone bug that lets anyone crash your phone with a text message 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z You didn’t want an ellipsis for an ending . NFL division round: thrilling finishes, unsatisfying answers 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Every time Mercury orbits the sun, it ends up a bit ahead of where it began, so that the planet traces in space not a steady ellipsis but a pattern of flower petals. Retrograde Beliefs 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z And in outgoing emails where I’ve manually typed in my name and address for shipping purposes, that information is automatically set as quoted text, hidden below the ellipsis. Google Inbox Review 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z A single gap, or the punctuation indicating it, is “an ellipsis.” Red Pencils Ready? 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Think waiting for those ellipses to turn into a text message is stressful? That's it: we've officially lost all human interaction. Apple has won. I give up 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Their speech is marked by ellipses and euphemisms. Soccer helps some young Hondurans to escape gangs 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z The Polke retrospective is such an account, written with commas, colons, semicolons, dashes, ellipses, parentheses, but no periods, no full stops. Art Review: A Sigmar Polke Retrospective Opens at MoMA 2014-04-17T22:46:12Z Perhaps Galileo would be disappointed to learn that the moon really does cause the tides, and that planets do orbit in ellipses, not circles. We Celebrate A Galilean Anniversary 2014-02-14T03:05:00Z A friend inserts an ellipses — “Can’t wait … !!” — so, as she puts it, “it’s less intense.” Red Pencils Ready? 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z On the other hand, Siri understands formatting controls like “capital,” “all caps” and “no space,” as well as all kinds of punctuation — “colon,” “dash,” “asterisk,” “ellipsis” and so on. State of the Art: Android vs. Siri: The Voice-Recognition Sequel 2013-08-21T19:40:10Z I did my first draft with a multitude of ellipses. India Ink: Five Questions For: Prajwal Parajuly 2013-01-25T12:50:16Z Mr. Toobin relied on ellipses to capture the tone of the president’s comment: “His remark to the chief justice had an ... edge.” Sidebar: For President and Chief Justice, Another Chance to Get It Right 2013-01-20T02:59:46Z The error ellipses of the reconstructed vertices are shown scaled up by a factor of 10 so that they are visible. [Article] A Particle Consistent with the Higgs Boson Observed with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider 2012-12-20T21:55:01.327Z Corresponding ellipses on spike maps are shown in red. The entorhinal grid map is discretized 2012-12-11T21:22:10.423Z You can also select “Space” to place ellipses between words for those all-important dramatic pauses. Review: Shatner's Poetry App 'Shatoetry' Needs More Ham to Go with the Cheese 2012-11-05T17:18:29Z The acting is uniformly good, a fact that helps Midnight's Children paper over some of the inevitable creases caused by the need for narrative ellipsis to capture the sweep and spectrum of the written text. Midnight's Children evokes mixed responses in Toronto 2012-09-14T00:00:29Z Two companies have asked for .dot, but I want the ability to host ellipsis.dotdot in the future. Six Interesting Top Level Domains That Nobody Registered 2012-06-13T21:26:10Z By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come ~; begone; take ~. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Corresponding ellipses on spike maps are shown in red. The entorhinal grid map is discretized 2012-12-11T21:22:10.423Z Then a y = d x, and b y = c x, and because the ellipses are alike, the arcs p y and p x are equal. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The orbits of the planetesimals and the planetary and satellite nuclei would be very eccentric, forming a confusion of ellipses with frequently crossing paths. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Keppler next showed that the earth moved around the sun in certain curves termed ellipses. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z The squares soon become ellipses, and your eighteen-inch wire settles to a foot. Natural and Artificial Duck Culture 2012-01-04T03:00:33.923Z Then he explained with great brilliancy the nature of an ellipsis. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Some ellipses are more beautiful in their proportions than others. Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) 2011-11-29T03:00:14.593Z Their orbits have ever since been ellipses with their aphelia in groups corresponding to the distances of the planets concerned. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z He suggested first that the planets move around the sun in closed curves, resembling flattened circles, and known as ellipses. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z It has been suggested that the crosses are incorrectly figured in the accompanying view, and that they were probably formed by the intersection of other circles or ellipses, as shown in the annexed diagram. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Ellipses in poetry have been spaced to preserve appearance of the original; all other ellipses are standardized. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z She spoke, too, in a passionate ellipsis than which Louie's own five words did not go more straight to the heart of the matter. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z The motions of the planets in the undisturbed ellipses of Kepler must be impossible. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Long stretches of periods have been normalized to regular ellipses. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z Copernicus taught that the planets revolved around the sun in circular orbits, but Kepler discovered that their paths are ellipses. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z From the line-pair we pass through an infinity of hyperbolas to the parabola, and thence through an infinity of ellipses to the circle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Over and over the point of the paper-knife traced the creased circles and ellipses, and the ash on the slowly burning cigar grew longer. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Ellipse, or Elliptical Whorl.—The semicircular space described in 6 is here filled with concentric ellipses enclosing a short single line in their middle. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z A row of asterisks represents either an ellipsis in a poetry quotation or a place where the original Greek text was too corrupt to be read by the translator. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Changed "eclipse" to "ellipsis" on page 73: "motion in an ellipsis." Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z To avoid drawing the projections of these circles, which would in general be ellipses, we rabatt the plane and then draw the circles in their real shape. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z All other variations were devised for the purpose of supplying the ellipsis left in the uncials. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z This passage — much longer without my ellipses — extends over an entire page. Curing the Pelvic Headache 2011-06-24T16:25:18Z That the planets move in ellipses, of which the sun is in one of the foci. 2nd. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z He studied her for a moment, the shadows of her firm breasts casting dark ellipses downward across her body. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The surface may be considered as generated by an ellipse moving parallel to itself along two ellipses as directrices. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z His early style was a clear, strong, simple English, almost wholly free from the ellipses, inversions and mannerisms associated with his name. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and ellipsis usage. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z It is the dramatic ellipses that need especially to be revealed in order to make a monologue clear as well as forcible. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Kepler discovered that the paths described by the planets in their revolutions round the sun are ellipses, the sun being placed in one of the foci. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z A predicative adjective shows that ellipsis has taken place, and the omitted verb is generally esti. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z I'll just as soon say that the parabola and the ellipsis are the same," said the Dominie; "or that the diameter is not the longest line that can be drawn in the circle. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z The generalizations which can be collected on the subject from direct observation, even such as Kepler's law, are mere approximations: the planets, owing to their perturbations by one another, do not move in exact ellipses. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z Of the latter kind, also, is Camper’s ellipsis for measuring the relative size of the shoulders in the male, and the pelvis in the female. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Between may stand for with, or there may be an ellipsis of the words and Crab. he mustn' mind. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z ELLIPSOID, a quadric surface whose sections are ellipses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z There's unintentional symbolism in the fact that MySpace, as part of a last-ditch relaunch, recently changed its logo to an enigmatic ellipsis: My_____. MySpace shrinks into the digital void 2011-01-14T09:00:02Z Biela comet is a specimen of the type which astronomers call periodic comets—i. e., those which move in small ellipses and have correspondingly short periodic times, so that they return frequently and regularly to perihelion. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The original edition contained a large number of ellipses of various lengths. 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z The ellipsis is best explained by giving the sentence another turn: "Get away you man who are so foolish that you can come," etc. into a stone-hole, in a cave. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z Here, by the mutual thrust of the branches, the circles are not only changed to elongated ellipses, but even squeezed to straight lines. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. During their walk Utrilla, with incredible geometrical skill, cut a series of circles, ellipses, parabolas, and other incomprehensible and erratic curves, the focus of which was constantly our friends. Maximina This point is called their center of gravity, and the earth and the moon both move in ellipses having this center of gravity at their common focus. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Unless otherwise noted, the number and spacing of ellipses . . . is as in the original. Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes Certain oval curves which he proposed to substitute for Kepler’s ellipses as the paths of the planets were named after him “Cassinians.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" On page 6, a comma was added after "Oregonian", a comma was added after "Ida V. Turney", and series of three asterisks were replaced with ellipses. The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan As Told in the Camps of the White Pine Lumbermen for Generations During Which Time the Loggers Have Pioneered the Way Through the North Woods from Maine to California; Collected from Various Sources and Embellished for Publication On the lower part of the centre stone is carved an appropriate inscription, abounding in ellipsis, after the manner usually adopted in Spain. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. Grace, in my opinion, consists of lines flowing, more or less, into the ellipsis—free of constraint and affectation. The Use of a Box of Colours In a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour. Between the fourth and fifth from the star there was a belt of asteroids: some three or four thousand tiny planetary bodies traveling in vast ellipses around the star. The Giants From Outer Space The words ‘God forbid’ being properly an ellipsis of ‘God forbid that any accident should keep her away,’ but used here merely as an expression of impatience.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare They are, in fact, ellipses—one of the foci being the point about which the revolution is made. Eureka: A Prose Poem Transcriber has added an ellipsis to indicate missing text. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Fifine babbled out an assortment of words with many an ellipsis and many a breathy aspiration which even those accustomed to the infant infirmities of her tongue could with difficulty interpret. The Story of Old Fort Loudon The ellipsis of we had is readily supplied. Minor Poems by Milton In quoted material, a row of asterisks represents an ellipsis. Spenser D. The following sentences contain errors due principally to faulty ellipsis. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Astronomy is not the science of circles and spheres, ellipses and ellipsoids, but of the Force whose sensible utterances are given in these curves. The Philosophy of Evolution Together With a Preliminary Essay on The Metaphysical Basis of Science The supernatural was not imparted to deceive, but was the result of oriental modes of speech, such as hyperbole, parable, or ellipsis, in which the steps by which the process was performed were omitted. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion But in that case, we must assume a very hard ellipsis, viz., "he who is to proceed." Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 Its massive lintel, shaped, as at Bieville, into a pediment, and surmounted by an arch, which is rather the segment of an ellipsis than of a circle, is likewise remarkable. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy Point out the faults in ellipsis and correct all errors. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The sparks on the screen became violently agitated, pushing around in erratic circles and ellipses. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Hence the probability that all the orbits are ellipses is overwhelming. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I But there is not the slightest intimation of such an ellipsis; and those interpreters have no better right to supply it in this, than in any other narrative. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 So far, indeed, from seeing anything unintelligible, I see no obscurity, either of expression or connexion, in this view, but very great obscurity in the double ellipsis now proposed. Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc An ellipsis is poor when the words omitted cannot readily be understood from the context. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The ellipsis may be supplied thus; co e am fear a ta thu ciallachadh? who is the man whom you mean? Elements of Gaelic Grammar Consequently, anything coming to the Sun from a great distance must have one exact amount of proper motion to produce a parabola: all other amounts would give hyperbolas or ellipses. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I “With four terms in request,” Mr. Venn says, “the most simple and symmetrical diagram seems to me that produced by making four ellipses intersect one another in the desired manner”. Symbolic Logic As for the alleged instances of ellipses, I maintain they are not analogous. Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Pope's line, To err is human; to forgive, divine. is an illustration of good ellipsis because the word is can readily be substituted from the context. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories They moved in ellipses with the sun in one focus. Pioneers of Science Ellipses and hyperbolas have countless varieties of forms, but there is only one form of parabola; or, to speak literally, all parabolas are similar, while there are infinitely numerous dissimilar ellipses and dissimilar hyperbolas. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I Such oval figures, it will be remembered, are technically known as ellipses. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language We have a similar ellipsis, often used in idiomatic English, morning, noon, and night; but who would say sleep, instead of in sleep, or while asleep? Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The swarms travel along paths that resemble cometary orbits; they are very elongated ellipses, inclined at all angles to the plane of the ecliptic. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Law I. Planets move in ellipses, with the Sun in one focus. Pioneers of Science By using less inversion and ellipsis, especially in poetry. A Handbook of the English Language They are ovals, or, to speak in technical language, "ellipses." Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Besides those already mentioned there are many comets with orbits of such marked eccentricity that their ellipses when near perihelion cannot be distinguished from parabol�. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Ellipses match the original except in poetry quotations where a short line represents an ellipses. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture He recognized the comets as members of the solar system, obedient to the same law of gravity and moving in very elongated ellipses; so their return could be predicted. Pioneers of Science Expressions like to go on all fours, and to eat of the fruit of the tree, are reducible to ellipses. A Handbook of the English Language The planets move around the sun, and the satellites around the planets, in orbits which, though strictly speaking, ellipses, are yet not in any instance of a very oval form. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Comets which move in ellipses of known eccentricity and return with periodical regularity may be regarded as belonging to the solar system. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' He acknowledges that there are very numerous ellipses even in the Songs of Degrees themselves, but they are of a very different nature. Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc He found one group of stars describing small circles, while others at a distance from them were oscillating in straight lines, and all the others were describing ellipses. Pioneers of Science The remaining points connected with the syntax of substantives, are chiefly points of ellipsis. A Handbook of the English Language Every growing shoot of a great tree is continually describing small ellipses; the tip of every rootlet endeavours to do the same. Life of Charles Darwin We like adhering to these ellipses of daily life. Somehow Good The difficulty is that the apparent ellipses are so minute that it is in very few cases possible to measure them. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In The original parabolic paths of these comets were then changed into ellipses by the backward pull of a planet, whose sphere of attraction they chanced to enter when approaching the sun from outer space. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Ellipsis of substantives.—The historical view of phrases, like Rundell and Bridge's, St. Paul's, &c., shows that this ellipsis is common to the English and the other Gothic languages. A Handbook of the English Language The primary principle employed to effect this was ellipsis, but an accurate understanding of the intelligence of the hearer was requisite in order to become proficient. A Romantic Young Lady The generalizations which can be collected on the subject from direct observation, even such as Kepler's law, are mere approximations; the planets, owing to their perturbations by one another, do not move in exact ellipses. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive "I thought the heavenly bodies moved in ellipses," she interrupted. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story The exaggerated ellipses so often found in astronomical books are very misleading. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story The preceding examples illustrate an apparent paradox, viz., the fact of pleonasm and ellipsis being closely allied. A Handbook of the English Language It does not appear to be an ellipsis and has thus been removed. Through the Malay Archipelago And do not the planets also revolve in ellipses? The Story of the Heavens "Yes, but ellipses are but a form of circles." The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story Asterisks are used instead of periods in ellipses. Captain Richard Ingle The Maryland "Pirate and Rebel," 1642-1653 What is pleonasm in a single sentence is ellipsis in a double one. A Handbook of the English Language It does not appear to be an ellipsis and has thus been removed. Through the Malay Archipelago The difficulty in the process arises from the fact that these ellipses are so small that our micrometers often fail to detect them. The Story of the Heavens For consistency, the various ellipses have been rendered as “...” Memories of Bethany It was known that the planets always moved in the same paths, long before it had been ascertained that those paths were ellipses. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) The books I want are here.—This is a specimen of a true ellipsis. A Handbook of the English Language For each selection, the paragraph describing the MSS. has been summarized from these Notes; additions or omissions shown by ellipses or brackets according to the usual rules for academic quotation. Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts How shall we adequately describe the extreme minuteness of the parallactic ellipses in the case of even the nearest stars? The Story of the Heavens The primary planets revolve about the sun in ellipses, having that luminary in one of the foci. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The expanses of dim yellow light through which coils and ellipses of darkness crawled like black worms. Hunters Out of Space Hence arises a more compendious form of expression, giving origin to an ellipsis of a peculiar kind. A Handbook of the English Language During the course of the year, the stars that are least remote from our solar province appear to describe minute ellipses, in perspective, in the Heavens. Astronomy for Amateurs We can have large and small ellipses just as we can have large and small circles, but we can also have ellipses of greater or less eccentricity. The Story of the Heavens Transcriber's Notes Spacing around ellipses and em-dashes is as in the original. The Cricket Transcriber's Note: In the original book, omitted text within quotations was indicated with a series of asterisks rather than ellipses. Thirteen Chapters of American History represented by the Edward Moran series of Thirteen Historical Marine Paintings His answers are short, he speaks in ellipses. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature If this be a common ellipsis, I must confess myself to be so stupid as not to understand it. Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. It was found, as a matter of fact, that the planets did move in ellipses, but Kepler assigned no reason why they should adopt this curve rather than any other. The Story of the Heavens Man forms the idea of an ellipse, and ascertains the laws of ellipses. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and ellipses in the original have been preserved. One Man's Initiation—1917 By the use of exclamation, question, ellipses, and the mention of the "serpent" as the symbol of evil. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature This is a flagrant instance of the misuse of ellipsis, which so frequently disfigures Boccaccio's dialogue. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Some of the orbits of the minor planets are also greatly elongated ellipses, while, of course, the orbits of the large planets do not much depart from the circular form. The Story of the Heavens And we have found a meaning for every part of the hieroglyph 2020 save only one, viz, the left-hand one-third, consisting of concentric half ellipses or circles. Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245 I think ours, the other night, excelled all starters in the art of ellipsis. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 What is the value of the ellipses in "Sorrowful that man ... should come"? Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature In Figures 76 and 77 are a series of ellipses marked with pins and a piece of twine, as already described. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught The circumstance that the major axes of all those ellipses are of equal length suggests a still further simplification. The Story of the Heavens For non-medical readers it is important to develop the ellipsis and explain the facts upon which, if anywhere, this theory is based. The Education of American Girls The first Folio reads ‘What ’foole is she,’ doubtless to indicate an ellipsis of the indefinite article, which, for the sake of the metre, was to be slurred over in pronunciation. Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] It is abrupt and abounds in many rhetorical forms—ellipses, use of the present tense, exclamation, direct address, and accumulation of details. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature The corresponding ellipses, as A in both figures, were marked with the same loop, the difference in the two forms being due to the difference in distance apart of the foci. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught It can further be demonstrated that these ellipses are really circles parallel to the ecliptic; so that we might hastily assume that annual parallax was the cause of the phenomenon discovered by Bradley. The Story of the Heavens Read the first part in prose order, supplying the ellipses. The Ontario High School Reader By supplying the ellipses we can often discover the errors in a sentence, if there are any. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. He had made a small loop at one end and with it was swinging graceful ellipses in the air. Oh, You Tex! Again, the same loop was used for ellipses B in both figures, as also for C and D. From these figures we perceive that— 1st. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Kepler had determined from observation that the paths of the planets were ellipses, and Newton had shown how this fact was a consequence of the law of gravitation. The Story of the Heavens How is the reading affected by an ellipsis? The Ontario High School Reader Supply the ellipsis, and we have, "Whether he is there or no there." The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. A tool for the purpose of drawing ellipses. Practical Mechanics for Boys In most instances, comets move in space, about the sun, in ellipses so very lengthened, that their paths seem to be parabolas as long as the cloudy bodies are visible in the sky. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 Professor Adams also computed the amount of displacement in the path that could be produced if the meteors revolved in any of the four smaller ellipses. The Story of the Heavens These peculiarities, coupled with the frequency of bold ellipses, provoked discussion, and seemed to promise a fresh expansion of poetical forms, in a somewhat different direction from that of the Romanticists. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Supply the ellipsis, and we have, "said or no said." The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. This text uses a unique type of ellipsis to represent where material has been left out of poetry quotations and out of the story line of a poem. Browning's Heroines It must not be imagined, however, that all comets revolve about the sun even in the most lengthened ellipses. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 It was shown that with the smaller ellipses it would be impossible to obtain a displacement even one-half of that which was observed. The Story of the Heavens There is a tendency to confine the asterisk to such cases, and to use the full stop for shorter ellipses. "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students To show that these sentences are not correct, and are not defensible by supposing any ellipsis whatsoever, we have only to put the questions in another form. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. The period is used in groups, separated by spaces, to indicate an ellipsis. Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically A generation ago salt-cellars were made of convenient shapes—either ellipses or elongated parallelograms: the advantage being that the salt-spoon, placed lengthwise, remained in its place. Memories and Studies Two meteors will move around the sun in the same time if the lengths of their ellipses are exactly equal, but not otherwise. The Story of the Heavens Ellipsoid.—A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations She glanced swiftly at Donaldson, as though to see if he had read the ellipsis. The Seventh Noon Add true at the end of the line, and it mars the verse, but make the probable correction of true for haue, and you get excellent sense without any ellipsis. Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. I request the insertion of a Query, requesting some of your readers to supply the ellipsis in the form with which petitions to Parliament are required to be closed, viz.: Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The lengths of these ellipses are many hundreds of millions of miles, and it is impossible that they can be all absolutely equal. The Story of the Heavens Trammel.—A very useful tool for drawing ellipses. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations And again the rising pistol hand with dread suggestiveness supplied the ellipsis. Marion's Faith. A comma is used to mark an ellipsis, or the omission of a verb or other important word. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference The asteroid would go around the earth in a series of ever-tightening ellipses, using Terra's gravity, plus rocket fuel, to slow it down to the right orbital speed. Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet It will be instructive to draw a number of ellipses, varying in each case the circumstances under which they are formed. The Story of the Heavens "As soon as I've seen—" and a significant nod supplied the ellipsis. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. This book sometimes uses asterisks to indicate an ellipsis. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales A series of three asterisks * * * represents an ellipsis in the text. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Kepler's laws of the motions of the planets, showing them to revolve in ellipses instead of circles, removed the last defect of the Copernican system, and left no room for its rejection. The New Heavens Let us suppose that a series of ellipses are drawn, each of which has a greater distance between its foci than the preceding one. The Story of the Heavens "Surely you should answer, or—" The ellipsis was suggestive, but impotent. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier That the orbits of the planets and asteroids do change, and that they are not exact ellipses, is due to their attraction upon each other. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer Years before this, William and Caroline had figured it out that there must be another planet in our system in order to account plausibly for the peculiar ellipses of the others. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists It reads as though it were taken down from the flowing speech of a fine orator, not as though it were painfully composed in a study; it contains surprising ellipses, strange freaks of grammar. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters They may be generally described as Fallacies of Ambiguity, whether they turn upon the use of the same word in different senses, or upon ellipsis. Logic Deductive and Inductive The asteroid would go around Earth in a series of ever tightening ellipses, using Terra's gravity, plus rocket fuel, to slow it down to orbital speed. Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet The broken octaves at the end of the exposition section, and the return by ellipsis to the principal theme, call to mind passages in Beethoven's Op. The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development If their orbits could be seen as lines of light, they would appear, in general, as very long ellipses. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. "The ellipses, the suspensions, the interrogations must be lavished, if one wishes to have liveliness; and all these things, in themselves, are very ugly." Inquiries and Opinions The satellites describe ellipses around the planets, the planets around the Sun, the Sun himself describes an ellipse around the unknown star that serves as a pivot for our whole solar system. All Around the Moon It is an ellipsis very frequent in conversation; I should shame you, and tell all; that is, and if I should tell all. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Circles, ellipses and rectangles, with various modifications, compose the eighteen forms in use. Life in a Thousand Worlds But, for the present, without yet deciding one or other, we will consider these spheroids only in those sections of them which make ellipses in the plane of this figure. Treatise on Light Yet he hastened to bridge over this ellipsis by saying, "Without such a faith a union between us must fall short of its sweetest and grandest opportunities." Unleavened Bread The English supplement,—"the kingdoms," is justified and required, equally by the sense and the laws of syntax: and he is a deceiver, if a scholar, who insists upon any other, to supply the ellipsis. Notes on the Apocalypse But perhaps the advocates of what they call a philosophical development of language, will say, that by their resolution of sentences, they merely supply an ellipsis. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures As if is often used as one conjunction of manner, but really there is an ellipsis between the two words; thus,— But thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved. An English Grammar And he thinks that when used at all, the word is but an ellipsis for "odd chances." Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 But that morning, the two gray firmaments of sky and water seemed collapsed into a vague ellipsis. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I A stick smouldering at one end and waved about in circles and ellipses is not dangerous when elders are by, but it is dangerous if played with on the sly. Study of Child Life Thus it appears, that by tracing back, for a few centuries, what the merely modern English scholar supposes to be an anomaly, an ellipsis will frequently be discovered, which, when supplied, destroys the anomaly. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures But the ellipsis seems to be lost sight of frequently in writing, as is shown by the use of as though. An English Grammar In the course of this argument I have seen that if news were originally a plural noun, it might be taken for an ellipsis of new-tidings. Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850 Therefore the two ellipses would not be coterminous. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature It was, therefore, describing a very long ellipsis which would probably extend to the point of equal attraction, where the influences of the earth and her satellite are neutralised. The Moon-Voyage This will not be the case, however, until the practice of supplying an ellipsis after these words is entirely dropped. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The river forms, by its curves, an irregular ellipsis, embracing the great ridge and buffalo road leading from the Licks. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. The profound and long-continued researches of the illustrious geometer completely established the perpetual variability of the planetary ellipses. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 These twisted and precious ideas were bound together with an adhesive and secret language full of phrase contractions, ellipses and bold tropes. Against the Grain Now in elliptical orbits attracting bodies always occupy one of the foci of the ellipsis. The Moon-Voyage The legitimate mode of supplying the ellipses in these constructions, will show their gross impropriety: thus, "He was more beloved as Cinthio;" "Richard is more active as his companion," &c. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The preceding steps lead us to ellipsis, which plays an important part in the method of Delsarte. Delsarte System of Oratory Here the examples, if rightly pointed, would all be right; but the ellipsis supposed, not only destroys the apposition, but converts the explanatory noun into a nominative. The Grammar of English Grammars The allegorical figures, stretched on segments of ellipses beneath the pedestals of the two dukes, indicate phases of darkness and of light, of death and life. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts The allegorical figures, stretched on segments of ellipses beneath the pedestals of the two Dukes, indicate phases of darkness and of light, of death and life. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Some eminent philologists do not admit the propriety of supplying an ellipsis after like, worth, ere, but, except, and than, but consider them prepositions. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures A slight movement quickly changes its significance; in passing from one agent to another, it is modified by many ellipses. Delsarte System of Oratory And he thinks it better, to call those verbs intransitive, which are followed by that and a dependent clause, than to supply the very frequent ellipses which the other explanation supposes. The Grammar of English Grammars It must not, indeed, be overlooked or unacknowledged, that the planets do not move in exact circles, but diverge slightly into ellipses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator To facilitate his labours, he invented an extremely ingenious instrument, by means of which ellipses of all proportions, as well as circles and right lines, might be geometrically drawn on paper or on copper. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers If, by an ellipsis, they mean such a one as is necessary, to the grammatical construction, I cannot accede to their assumption. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures One single rule applies to silence: Wherever there is ellipsis, there is silence. Delsarte System of Oratory Here, to prove that to be a pronoun, the disciples of Tooke and Webster must resort to more than one imaginary ellipsis, and to such inversion as will scarcely leave the sense in sight. The Grammar of English Grammars "Hands round!"--hurrah for the whirling ellipse; and now it's "right and left" and two ellipses glide opposite ways, "to quile dat golden chain." The Cavalier He left the ellipsis to be filled in by the corpulent blackguard's intelligence. The Black Bag An oval is never mistaken for a circle, nor an hyperbola for an ellipsis. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Of the eleven grammatical figures, Ireland delights chiefly in the antimeria, or changing one part of speech for another, and in the ellipsis or defect. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 For, in general, it is only by ellipsis of the noun after it, and not as the representative of a noun going before, that any one of these words assumes the appearance of a pronoun. The Grammar of English Grammars Nothing can be more graceful, certainly, than the ellipses arched by the boughs from its taper stem. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 A special case arises when an ellipsis follows a sentence instead of being in the middle. The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 It may be a parabola, an ellipsis, spiral, circular, &c. this will depend on the impulse, it receives, and the powers by which it is impelled. The System of Nature, Volume 1 By the holy! is an oath in which more is meant than meets the ear; it is an ellipsis—an abridgment of an oath. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 But, according to Rule 4th, "When two or more compounds are connected in one sentence, none of them should be split to make an ellipsis of half a word." The Grammar of English Grammars The Baroness said only, with an ellipsis, "Her own cousin, too!" Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes In the second paragraph, we have an ellipsis, an italicized French word with an accented letter, the British pound symbol, and an italicized "Here". The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 So, too, we had observed for some centuries the forms of the orbits in which the heavenly bodies move, and we had found these to be ellipses with a very small eccentricity. The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham In order to give it any decent meaning, a tortuous ellipsis is necessary; to pursue which, gives the reader too much toil. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey When two or more compounds are connected in one sentence, none of them should be split to make an ellipsis of half a word. The Grammar of English Grammars His first law states that the planets describe ellipses with the sun at a focus of each ellipse. History of Astronomy Do not break an ellipsis over the end of a line. The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 Manet was to the end the victim of man's natural dislike of ellipses, and Mr. Walter Sickert is suffering the same fate. Modern Painting Whenever an ellipsis occurs: This | friend, that | brother, Friends and brothers all. The Canadian Elocutionist But grant the obvious fact, that substitution is one thing, and ellipsis an other, and his whole argument is easily overthrown; for it is only by confounding these, that he reaches his absurd conclusion. The Grammar of English Grammars The speaker utters his emotion abruptly, But mine, and mine that I loved, &c. by an ellipsis frequent, perhaps too frequent, both in verse and prose. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies In this case, put the period after the last letter of the sentence, as you normally would, then follow the usual format for ellipses. The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 The common workaday world, with accessories of tin pots and pans, corduroy breeches and clay-pipes, can be only depicted by a series of ellipses through a mystery of light and shade. Modern Painting Midway in one of his linguistic ellipses Quarrier leaned forward and caught his arm in a grip of steel. The Fighting Chance Such imitations must be referred to this mood, unless by ellipsis and transposition we make them out to be something else; and against this there are strong objections. The Grammar of English Grammars You think that words mean nothing more than themselves, and that you can talk without ellipsis, and that customary phrases have not their connotations? The Path to Rome Their ellipses elongate and flatten again to the semblance of circles. First and Last Not that it is unbecoming of us to find out, if we can, that they move in ellipses, and so on; but it is no business of ours. Mornings in Florence His groups fall by nature into kaleidoscopic figures of circles, triangles, ellipses, crosses, &c. Fra Bartolommeo With the liberty of supposing a few ellipses, an ingenious parser will seldom find occasion to speak of "adverbial phrases." The Grammar of English Grammars The pupil may see how ellipses and transpositions and imagery abound in poetry, and how, in the use of these particulars, poets differ from each other. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Some double stars, upon which careful observations have been made, are found to have a regular revolutionary motion round each other in ellipses. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation All young parts of stems are continually moving in circles or ellipses. Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf How uncertain and imperfect would our ideas be of an ellipsis, if we had no other idea of it, but some few of its properties? An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 Now it is plain, that in neither of these examples is there any such ellipsis at all. The Grammar of English Grammars Direction.—Each of these sentences may have two meanings, supply the two ellipses in each sentence, and remove the ambiguity:— 1. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition This former shape is simpler; that of the Folio is burdened with ellipsis—loaded with lack. The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 But it is not certain that these orbits may not be extremely eccentric ellipses, and that after the lapse of hundreds, or thousands, of years the comets that follow them may not reappear. Curiosities of the Sky All conic sections, e.g. ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas, could be represented by equations. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III Dr. Ash has the same example without the comma, and supposes it only an ellipsis of the preposition through, and even that supposition is absurd. The Grammar of English Grammars When an ellipsis of the words, namely, that is, to wit, etc., takes place, the dash is used to supply them: "He excelled in three branches—arithmetic, algebra, and geometry." How to Speak and Write Correctly "Saddle my horse in two minutes, or I'll"—The ellipsis was frightfully suggestive. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers They look quite as much like circles or ellipses seen at an angle of, say, fifteen or twenty degrees to their plane. Curiosities of the Sky Observe the bold ellipsis of "he cries," and the transition from the direct to the oblique construction. The Iliad He also furnished the former example, to show an ellipsis, not of the verb went, but only of the preposition into; and in this too he was utterly wrong. The Grammar of English Grammars The bead moved seven times from side to side, and thus described 3 ½ ellipses in 10 3/4 h.; each being completed on an average in 3 h. The Power of Movement in Plants He anticipated the law of refraction, corresponded with Kepler, observed comets, and may have been the first to recognize that the straight line paths of comets might be segments of elongated ellipses. Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar The ellipses, the delays, the questions and the repetitions have to be lavish, if movement is desired, and all that in itself is very ugly. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters "Almost all the irregularities in the construction of any language have arisen from the ellipsis of some words which were originally inserted in the sentence and made it regular." Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Again the principles of Murray's supposed ellipses, are as inconsistent with each other, as they are severally absurd. The Grammar of English Grammars |
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