vanishing line

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vanishing line - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vanishing \Van"ish*ing\,
     a. & n. from Vanish, v.
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     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.
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