Where an ellipsis exists, is there a term for the missing text? [duplicate]
Suppose there is a long sentence like:
This London hit show took America by storm, full of charm, humour and delightful songs that make it a perfect theatrical event for the entire family.
And you want to cut it off after an arbitrary specified amount of characters like so:
This London hit show took America by storm, full of charm, humour and delightful songs that make...
What is the name for the missing text indicated by the three-dot ellipsis?
Solution 1:
an omission or to omit a part of the sentence use an ellipsis
Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Ancient Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, "omission" or "falling short") is a series of dots that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning.
From the Wiki for Ellipsis
Solution 2:
The elided material. I would be tempted to say the elision, but I haven't found evidence that the noun is actually used in that way --maybe we could pioneer that usage.
Solution 3:
Since you're already familiar with orthographic term "ellipses" and (apparently) aren't looking for the editorial acts "elision", "excision", "truncation", "deletion" or @Malachi's perfectly suited "omission", maybe you're looking for a term which describes the elipsis' semantic role?
If so, I'd call ...
the typographical analog to the "jump", "fold", or "spill line"; it teases or leads the reader into wanting to know more, so maybe you want to call it a "teaser".