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/vˈænɪʃɪŋ pɔɪnt/ Listen

noun

Vanishing n. A. & n. from Vanish, v.

Vanishing fraction (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the form 0/0 for a particular value of the variable which enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable.

Vanishing line (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel of any original plane and the picture; one of the lines converging to the vanishing point.

Vanishing point (Persp.), the point to which all parallel lines in the same plane tend in the representation.

Vanishing stress (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing portion of a syllable.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vanishing point" Quotes from Famous Books

... her loosened intelligence the endless years to come rolled away, grey and monotonous, to their vanishing point. She had made her choice and had not found heart to give it up, after she had made it, while there was yet time. Time itself took shape before her closed eyes, as many succeeding steps, and she saw herself toiling up them, a bent, veiled figure ...

— Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) • F. Marion Crawford

... of Oxford for the next eighteen months, important and interesting though it is, we are not concerned. The scholars returned slowly to the half-empty colleges, where admissions had dwindled almost to vanishing point. At Wadham, for instance, the admissions in 1643 were only seven; in 1644, three; in 1645, none; in 1646, seven; in 1647, when the worst of the fighting was over, they rose to nineteen. The Independents and the ...

— The Life and Times of John Wilkins • Patrick A. Wright-Henderson