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vanishing point
noun
1
: a point at which receding parallel lines seem to meet when represented in linear perspective
2
: a point at which something disappears or ceases to exist
Examples of vanishing point in a Sentence
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But years of relentless human population growth have driven many to the vanishing point: Florida is home to sixty-seven species of threatened and endangered animals, among the highest numbers in the continental U.S.
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
Together the vanishing points define the viewpoint of the observer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023
Historic Black communities in Fayetteville are down to the vanishing point, panelists were told.
—Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 23 June 2023
These renderings can proceed in different ways, determined by the number of vanishing points employed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023
Many of the environments have vanishing points deep into the distance, creating a sense of overwhelming scale, a cross between old Soviet and Fascist architectural drawings and the eerie infinite spaces in Roy Andersson’s Songs from the Second Floor.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2023
Dack’s formidably original perspective and temperament seem formatted away to the vanishing point.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
The progress of the disease is a forced march toward the vanishing point of mianzi.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2020
The story acknowledges its collapse at this vanishing point, which is not a frontier of any type or variety.
—Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
Together the vanishing points define the viewpoint of the observer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023
Historic Black communities in Fayetteville are down to the vanishing point, panelists were told.
—Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 23 June 2023
These renderings can proceed in different ways, determined by the number of vanishing points employed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023
Many of the environments have vanishing points deep into the distance, creating a sense of overwhelming scale, a cross between old Soviet and Fascist architectural drawings and the eerie infinite spaces in Roy Andersson’s Songs from the Second Floor.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2023
Dack’s formidably original perspective and temperament seem formatted away to the vanishing point.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
The progress of the disease is a forced march toward the vanishing point of mianzi.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2020
The story acknowledges its collapse at this vanishing point, which is not a frontier of any type or variety.
—Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
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First Known Use
1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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vanishing point
noun
: a point at which parallel lines seem to meet (as in a drawing)
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