vanishing

CIDE DICTIONARY

vanishing, a. & n. 

 a. & n. from Vanish, v.  [1913 Webster]

Vanishing fraction (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the form Math. Dict. -- 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. Gwilt. -- Vanishing stress (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing portion of a syllable. Rush.

THESAURUS

vanishing

blackout, blocking, dematerialization, departure, disappearance, disappearing, dispersion, dissipation, dissolution, dissolving, eclipse, elimination, erasure, evanescence, evanescent, evaporating, evaporation, extinction, fadeaway, fadeout, fading, fleeting, flying, fugitive, going, melting, occultation, passing, transient, vanishing point, wipe