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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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van·ish·ing point   (vān'ĭ-shĭng)
n.  
    1. The point at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.

    2. The point in linear perspective at which all imaginary lines of perspective converge.

  1. The point at which a thing disappears or ceases to exist.

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