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Webster 1913 Edition
Vanishing
Van′ish-ing
,Vanishing fraction
(Math.)
, a fraction which reduces to the form 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.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vanishing
VAN'ISHING
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