See Also: elision(dictionary)

elision (iou)



elision noun. L16.
[Late Latin elisio(n-), from Latin elis- pa. ppl stem of elidere: see ELIDE, -ION.]
(An) omission of a sound, syllable, etc., running together the sounds on either side of it; (an) omission of a passage in a book etc. L16.
Steele The..Elisions, by which Consonants of most obdurate Sound are joined together.
A mechanical breaking or disruption. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
elision of the air: formerly assigned as the cause of sound.