Definition of vanishing point in US English:
vanishing point
nounˈvænɪʃɪŋ ˌpɔɪntˈvaniSHiNG ˌpoint
1The point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge.
Example sentencesExamples
- Her scenes have no horizon line or vanishing point and consist of glowing color fields or grounds.
- Two other paintings also display contradictory geometries and inaccurate vanishing points and distance points.
- Fragmented planes appear to glide toward a central vanishing point.
- The works are formed of shafts of colour that disappear to a vanishing point.
- Would you stand there and plot the many vanishing points and diminishing lines, or would you draw what you see?
2in singular The point at which something that has been growing smaller or increasingly faint disappears altogether.
custody fees have dropped close to the vanishing point
Example sentencesExamples
- These very different formats interestingly end up meeting at the same vanishing point: silence.
- This year we're getting close to the vanishing point.