D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Vanishing

/văn'-ĭsh-ĭng/ · Van·ish·ing · IPA /vˈænɪʃɪŋ/
01 a. & n. a. & n. from Vanish, v.
  1. 1.
    a. & n. from Vanish, v. See: Vanish
Phrases & compounds
Vanishing fraction — a fraction which reduces to the form <frac:0_0/ for a particular value of the variable which enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable.
Vanishing line — the intersection of the parallel of any original plane and the 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.
Vanishing stress — stress of voice upon the closing portion of a syllable.