Usually means: Omission of sounds in pronunciation.
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  1. eclipsis: Merriam-Webster
  2. eclipsis: Collins English Dictionary
  3. eclipsis: Vocabulary.com
  4. eclipsis: Wordnik
  5. eclipsis: Wiktionary
  6. eclipsis: Dictionary.com
  7. Eclipsis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. eclipsis: Rhymezone
  9. eclipsis: FreeDictionary.org
  10. eclipsis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. eclipsis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. eclipsis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (eclipsis)

noun:  (obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.
noun:  A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted.
noun:  (Irish grammar, Manx grammar) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.

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