elision

noun

1. The deliberate omission of something.

2. linguisticsThe omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.

   “contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope”

3. computingA different mode or method of operating a computer program.

   “Derived terms: copy elision”

   “The parallel program running on one core should behave exactly the same as the serial elision.”

4. Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)