Word Meanings - VANISHING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
a. & n. from Vanish, v. Vanishing fraction , a fraction which reduces to the form Math. Dict. -- Vanishing line , the intersection of the parallel of any original plane and picture; one of the lines converging to the vanishing point. -- Vanishing
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a. & n. from Vanish, v. Vanishing fraction , a fraction which reduces to the form Math. Dict. -- Vanishing line , the intersection of the parallel of any original plane and picture; one of the lines converging to the vanishing point. -- Vanishing point , the point to which all parallel lines in the same plane tend in the representation. Gwilt. -- Vanishing stress , stress of voice upon the closing portion of a syllable. Rush.
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- POINT SWITCH
A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track. - POINTLESSLY
Without point. - POINT-DEVICE; POINT-DEVISE
Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow. (more info) + point point, condition + devis - POINTAL
The pistil of a plant. 2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages. "A pair of tablets . . . and a pointel." Chaucer. - POINTED
1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. Pope. - POINT ALPHABET
An alphabet for the blind with a system of raised points corresponding to letters. - POINTSMAN
A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. - POINTLESS
Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark. Syn. -- Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid. - VANISHMENT
A vanishing. - CONVERGING
Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. Whewell. Converging rays , rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point. -- Converging series , a series in which - POINTLETED
Having a small, distinct point; apiculate. Henslow. - POINT D'APPUI
See APPUI - CONVERGE
To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge. The mountains converge into a single ridge. Jefferson. - POINTING
The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model. (more info) 1. The act of sharpening. - POINT-BLANK
1. The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed. Jonson. With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory. With artillery, the point where the projectile - CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENCY
The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point. The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. Berkeley. - VANISH
esvanuïr, F. s'évanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, 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 - POINTINGSTOCK
An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock. Shak. - POINTER
One who, or that which, points. Specifically: The hand of a timepiece. One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen. pl. - POINT APPLIQUE
Lace having a needle-made design applied to a net ground, this ground often being machine-made. - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - LORDLINESS
The state or quality of being lordly. Shak. - STEELINESS
The quality of being steely. - COVER-POINT
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." - CHILLINESS
1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth. - SOUTHERNLINESS
Southerliness. - MELANCHOLINESS
The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell. - DEATHLINESS
The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey. - KINGLINESS
The state or quality of being kingly. - BEASTLINESS
The state or quality of being beastly. - BRISTLINESS
The quality or state of having bristles. - POORLINESS
The quality or state of being poorly; ill health. - ZOLLNER'S LINES
Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections. - TROIS POINT
The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table. - SLOVENLINESS
The quality or state of being slovenly. - GHASTLINESS
The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look. - MAIDENLINESS
The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.