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Elision is the omission of one or more sounds in a word or phrase.
In linguistics, an elision or deletion is the omission of one or more sounds in a word or phrase. The word elision is frequently used in linguistic description of living languages, and deletion is often used in historical linguistics for a historical sound change.
Elision may also refer to:
- Elision (music), a concept in the analysis of 18th- and 19th-century Western music
- ELISION Ensemble, a chamber ensemble specialising in contemporary classical music
- Elision (French), the suppression of a final unstressed vowel
- Copy elision, a compiler optimization technique that eliminates unnecessary copying of objects
The ELISION Ensemble is a chamber ensemble specialising in contemporary classical music, concentrating on the creation and presentation of new works. The ensemble comprises a core of around 20 virtuoso musicians from Australia and around the world.
In French, elision refers to the suppression of a final unstressed vowel immediately before another word beginning with a vowel. The term also refers to the orthographic convention by which the deletion of a vowel is reflected in writing, and indicated with an apostrophe.
In C++ computer programming, copy elision refers to a compiler optimization technique that eliminates unnecessary copying of objects. The C++ language standard generally allows implementations to perform any optimization, provided the resulting program's observable behavior is the same as if, i.e. pretending, the program were executed exactly as mandated by the standard.
