vanishing point

Definitions

1. 1

   The point in a perspective drawing at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem…

   The point in a perspective drawing at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.

   • These formulae . . . give for the vanishing point of a set of parallel lines whose common azimuth is α and declivity δ: η=d tan α, ζ=d tan δ sec α.
2. 2

   The situation in which, place where, or point in time when some object or phenomenon is…

   The situation in which, place where, or point in time when some object or phenomenon is no longer observable or notable.

   • It might cut the tuberculosis deathrate to the vanishing point.
   • It hit 100 m.p.h. with ease and sped toward the vanishing point down Highway 93A.

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