vanishing point

vanishing point

noun
1.
a point of disappearance, cessation, or extinction: His patience had reached the vanishing point.
2.
(in the study of perspective in art) that point toward which receding parallel lines appear to converge.

Origin:
1790–1800
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Vanishing point is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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vanishing point
 
n
1.  the point to which parallel lines appear to converge in the rendering of perspective, usually on the horizon
2.  a point in space or time at or beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist

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