Noun: elision i'li-zhun
- Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
"The elision of 'the' and 'apple' in rapid speech sounds like 'th'apple'"
- A deliberate act of omission
"The elision of certain facts from the report raised suspicions";
- exception, exclusion
Derived forms: elisions
Encyclopedia: Elision