3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vanish \Van"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vanished}; p. pr & vb
n. {Vanishing}.] [OE. vanissen OF vanir (in comp.): cf OF
envanir esvanir esvanu["i]r, F. s'['e]vanouir; fr L. vanus
empty, vain; cf L. vanescere evanescere to vanish. See
{Vain}, and cf {Evanescent},{-ish}.]
1. To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of
sight; to disappear; to fade; as vapor vanishes from the
sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight
of spectators on land.
The horse vanished . . . out of sight. --Chaucer.
Go vanish into air; away! --Shak.
The champions vanished from their posts with the
speed of lightning. --Sir W.
Scott.
Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among
realities. --Hawthorne.
2. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away ``All these
delights will vanish.'' --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vanishing \Van"ish*ing\,
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.
--Math. Dict.
{Vanishing line} (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel
of any original plane and 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.
--Gwilt.
{Vanishing stress} (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing
portion of a syllable. --Rush.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vanishing
adj : quickly going away and passing out of sight: "all I saw was
his vanishing back" [syn: {disappearing}]
n 1: a sudden or mysterious disappearance
2: suddenly disappearing from sight
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