vanishingn.

/ˈvanɪʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < vanish v.

1. The action or fact of disappearing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > vanishing or disappearing

vanishingc1405

vading1570

disparition1597

disappearing1610

disparence1617

disappearance1625

discharge1626

evaporating1630

evanishing1633

vanish1650

disapparition1657

evanescency1664

evanescence1751

mizzle1789

evanitiona1797

evanishment1797

evaporation1824

occultation1825

vanishment1831

furling1836

disappearing trick1870

disappearing act1884

fade-away1911

fade-out1924

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1502 And forth she wente and made a vanysshynge.

1473 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 22 Afore the vanyschynge therof, it apperyd in the evynynge.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esvanouissement,..a vanishing out of sight.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. i. §5. 10 As where it tells of Nabuchadnezzar his owne vanishing away.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 44. ¶1 Thunder and Lightning..at the Vanishing of a Devil.

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xxiv. 73 There was no great cause To think his vanishing unnatural.

1886 Athenæum 9 Oct. 463/3 Amongst the vanishings and disappearances of the ‘unfit’.

2. vanishing point: in perspective, the point in which receding parallel lines, if continued, appear to meet; also figurative. Similarly vanishing line, vanishing plane.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > emission of light, radiation > [noun] > vanishing point

vanishing point1797

vanishing line1840

vanishing plane1840

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > zero > point of non-existence

vanishing point1913

1797 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 183/2 Produce CB..and draw PV parallel to it... V is its vanishing point.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 711 Distance of a vanishing point, is the distance from the vanishing point on the picture to the eye of the spectator.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 493 A plane W, which will be termed the vanishing plane of the original one.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 493 The vanishing line and parallel of the vertex.

1851 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 90 In Millais' ‘Mariana’..the top of the green curtain in the distant window has too low a vanishing-point.

1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 5 The point I′, the image of the point at infinity I, is called the vanishing point of a′.

1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 21 In every plane σ passing through O lies a vanishing line i′, which is the image of the point at infinity in the same plane.

1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 21 This plane ϕ′, which may be called the vanishing plane.

1913 Times 7 Aug. 8/2 The danger of operation, gas operation, is retreating to a vanishing point.

1963 Lancet 12 Jan. 96/2 Routine application of this test reduces to vanishing-point the mortality from air embolism during neurosurgery in the sitting position.

Compounds

vanishing act n.

ΚΠ

1923 H. C. Bailey Mr. Fortune's Pract. vi. 160 She goes off walking at night with nothing but what she stood up in. If you ask me to believe she meant to do the vanishing act..I can't see how it's likely.

1981 P. Mallory Killing Matter vii. 79 He's chosen to pull a vanishing act just when the painting is lifted.

vanishing trick n.

ΚΠ

1973 G. Sims Hunters Point xviii. 174 At the end of the path Jaeckel disappeared and it was Buchanan's turn to stop, momentarily at a loss..mystified by the vanishing trick.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

vanishingadj.

/ˈvanɪʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < vanish v.

1. Disappearing from sight or from existence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > vanishing or disappearing

vanishing1434

formelting1606

disparent1617

evanishing1629

disappearing1646

deliquescent1815

relinquent1884

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adjective] > ceasing to exist

vanishing1434

way-going1871

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 108 So þat þou sulde..despyse abidynge þingis & to vanischynge þingis drawes.

1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Biv^v To seke such thinges as be permanent And not such as are of a vanishing kinde.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxi. 6) Not a vanishing prosperitie, but a stedye and substantiall gladnesse.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 124 If they remaine abroad in the aire,..they grow as light as any vanishing or softer substance.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 951 The uncertainty of this vanishing life.

1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xiii. 21 Casting at me a vanishing glance, she was out of sight in an instant.

1833 J. Rush Philos. Human Voice (ed. 2) 263 Of the Vanishing Stress.

1833 J. Rush Philos. Human Voice (ed. 2) 285 Of the Vanishing Emphasis.

1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such vi. 129 To make the discomfort..a vanishing quality.

1887 Athenæum 8 Oct. 461/1 Only a vanishing remnant lingers in the South Pacific.

2. Mathematics. Becoming zero.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > zero > becoming zero

vanishing1823

nilpotent1870

1823 J. Mitchell Dict. Math. & Physical Sci. (at cited word) We have the following rule for finding the value of vanishing fractions.

1838 Penny Cycl. X. 403/1 Much discussion has arisen as to whether vanishing fractions have values or not.

1892 J. Edwards Differential Calculus (ed. 2) i. 5 When the limit of a quantity is zero.., the quantity is said to be a vanishing quantity for those values.

3. vanishing cream n. a cosmetic cream that is readily absorbed by the skin; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > unguents or moisturizers

oil of talc1582

slick1626

cold cream1709

cream1765

amandin1861

face cream1889

skin food1892

skin cream1894

orange-flower skin food1908

violet cream1912

day cream1915

vanishing cream1916

night cream1926

orange skin food1926

baby oil1930

hormone cream1938

moisture cream1957

moisturizer1957

mousse1971

1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 July 14/5 (advt.) Pond's Vanishing Cream.

1923 W. A. Poucher Perfumes & Cosmetics iii. vi. 390 Vanishing Creams..consist of stearic acid, partially saponified with alkali, the bulk of the fatty acid being emulsified by the soap thus formed.

1942 N.Y. Times Mag. 11 Jan. 22/1 (advt.) It's like your wife's vanishing cream—not greasy or sticky.

1981 E. Ambler Care of Time ix. 149 If his luck holds, he's getting the defectors' vanishing-cream treatment..somewhere in North America.

Derivatives

ˈvanishingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb] > vanishingly

vanishingly1870

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adverb] > becoming zero

vanishingly1870

1870 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 40 127 The divisor t..must accordingly cause the term to become vanishingly small with very great values of t.

1881 J. C. Shairp Aspects Poetry viii. 239 Some momentary gleam..that has fleeted vanishingly over earth and sea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	vanishing
释义	vanishingn. /ˈvanɪʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < vanish v. 1. The action or fact of disappearing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > vanishing or disappearing vanishingc1405 vading1570 disparition1597 disappearing1610 disparence1617 disappearance1625 discharge1626 evaporating1630 evanishing1633 vanish1650 disapparition1657 evanescency1664 evanescence1751 mizzle1789 evanitiona1797 evanishment1797 evaporation1824 occultation1825 vanishment1831 furling1836 disappearing trick1870 disappearing act1884 fade-away1911 fade-out1924 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1502 And forth she wente and made a vanysshynge. 1473 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 22 Afore the vanyschynge therof, it apperyd in the evynynge. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esvanouissement,..a vanishing out of sight. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. i. §5. 10 As where it tells of Nabuchadnezzar his owne vanishing away. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 44. ¶1 Thunder and Lightning..at the Vanishing of a Devil. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xxiv. 73 There was no great cause To think his vanishing unnatural. 1886 Athenæum 9 Oct. 463/3 Amongst the vanishings and disappearances of the ‘unfit’. 2. vanishing point: in perspective, the point in which receding parallel lines, if continued, appear to meet; also figurative. Similarly vanishing line, vanishing plane. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > emission of light, radiation > [noun] > vanishing point vanishing point1797 vanishing line1840 vanishing plane1840 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > zero > point of non-existence vanishing point1913 1797 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 183/2 Produce CB..and draw PV parallel to it... V is its vanishing point. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 711 Distance of a vanishing point, is the distance from the vanishing point on the picture to the eye of the spectator. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 493 A plane W, which will be termed the vanishing plane of the original one. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 493 The vanishing line and parallel of the vertex. 1851 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 90 In Millais' ‘Mariana’..the top of the green curtain in the distant window has too low a vanishing-point. 1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 5 The point I′, the image of the point at infinity I, is called the vanishing point of a′. 1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 21 In every plane σ passing through O lies a vanishing line i′, which is the image of the point at infinity in the same plane. 1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 21 This plane ϕ′, which may be called the vanishing plane. 1913 Times 7 Aug. 8/2 The danger of operation, gas operation, is retreating to a vanishing point. 1963 Lancet 12 Jan. 96/2 Routine application of this test reduces to vanishing-point the mortality from air embolism during neurosurgery in the sitting position. Compounds vanishing act n. ΚΠ 1923 H. C. Bailey Mr. Fortune's Pract. vi. 160 She goes off walking at night with nothing but what she stood up in. If you ask me to believe she meant to do the vanishing act..I can't see how it's likely. 1981 P. Mallory Killing Matter vii. 79 He's chosen to pull a vanishing act just when the painting is lifted. vanishing trick n. ΚΠ 1973 G. Sims Hunters Point xviii. 174 At the end of the path Jaeckel disappeared and it was Buchanan's turn to stop, momentarily at a loss..mystified by the vanishing trick. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021). vanishingadj. /ˈvanɪʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < vanish v. 1. Disappearing from sight or from existence. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > vanishing or disappearing vanishing1434 formelting1606 disparent1617 evanishing1629 disappearing1646 deliquescent1815 relinquent1884 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adjective] > ceasing to exist vanishing1434 way-going1871 R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 108 So þat þou sulde..despyse abidynge þingis & to vanischynge þingis drawes. 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Biv^v To seke such thinges as be permanent And not such as are of a vanishing kinde. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxi. 6) Not a vanishing prosperitie, but a stedye and substantiall gladnesse. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 124 If they remaine abroad in the aire,..they grow as light as any vanishing or softer substance. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 951 The uncertainty of this vanishing life. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xiii. 21 Casting at me a vanishing glance, she was out of sight in an instant. 1833 J. Rush Philos. Human Voice (ed. 2) 263 Of the Vanishing Stress. 1833 J. Rush Philos. Human Voice (ed. 2) 285 Of the Vanishing Emphasis. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such vi. 129 To make the discomfort..a vanishing quality. 1887 Athenæum 8 Oct. 461/1 Only a vanishing remnant lingers in the South Pacific. 2. Mathematics. Becoming zero. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > zero > becoming zero vanishing1823 nilpotent1870 1823 J. Mitchell Dict. Math. & Physical Sci. (at cited word) We have the following rule for finding the value of vanishing fractions. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 403/1 Much discussion has arisen as to whether vanishing fractions have values or not. 1892 J. Edwards Differential Calculus (ed. 2) i. 5 When the limit of a quantity is zero.., the quantity is said to be a vanishing quantity for those values. 3. vanishing cream n. a cosmetic cream that is readily absorbed by the skin; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > unguents or moisturizers oil of talc1582 slick1626 cold cream1709 cream1765 amandin1861 face cream1889 skin food1892 skin cream1894 orange-flower skin food1908 violet cream1912 day cream1915 vanishing cream1916 night cream1926 orange skin food1926 baby oil1930 hormone cream1938 moisture cream1957 moisturizer1957 mousse1971 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 July 14/5 (advt.) Pond's Vanishing Cream. 1923 W. A. Poucher Perfumes & Cosmetics iii. vi. 390 Vanishing Creams..consist of stearic acid, partially saponified with alkali, the bulk of the fatty acid being emulsified by the soap thus formed. 1942 N.Y. Times Mag. 11 Jan. 22/1 (advt.) It's like your wife's vanishing cream—not greasy or sticky. 1981 E. Ambler Care of Time ix. 149 If his luck holds, he's getting the defectors' vanishing-cream treatment..somewhere in North America. Derivatives ˈvanishingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb] > vanishingly vanishingly1870 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adverb] > becoming zero vanishingly1870 1870 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 40 127 The divisor t..must accordingly cause the term to become vanishingly small with very great values of t. 1881 J. C. Shairp Aspects Poetry viii. 239 Some momentary gleam..that has fleeted vanishingly over earth and sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1405adj.1434
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