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Noun

eclipsis (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase
  2. A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted
  3. (Irish grammar) The suppression of the sounds of certain radical consonants in place of others.

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Latin

eclīpsis (an eclipse)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ekleipsis), “‘absence, abandoning’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

eclīpsis (genitive eclīpsis); f, third declension

  1. a solar eclipse

Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative eclīpsis eclīpsēs
genitive eclīpsis eclīpsium
dative eclīpsī eclīpsibus
accusative eclīpsem eclīpsēs 1
ablative eclīpse eclīpsibus
vocative eclīpsis eclīpsēs

1 May also be eclipsīs.

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Solar house to go on display in Roanoke - Roanoke Times
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Solar house to go on display in Roanoke

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Students will showcase their house's louvering system, Eclipsis , as part of the museum's " Eclipsis /LumenHaus" exhibition. The competition, in which universities design and build self-sufficient houses that use only solar power, will be held in October. ...
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