vanishing point
a point of disappearance, cessation, or extinction: His patience had reached the vanishing point.
(in the study of perspective in art) that point toward which receding parallel lines appear to converge.
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How to use vanishing point in a sentence
All the while, the narrower our field of vision, the more fixated we become on the vanishing point.
Chris Christie and the Runaway High-Speed Presidency Train | James Poulos | January 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis eyes narrowing almost to the vanishing point, he looked away from us and mumbled something to his colleagues.
Richard Holbrooke on the Dayton Peace Accords | Richard Holbrooke | December 15, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTHis career was humble and obscure to the vanishing point for forty years, of which practically nothing is known.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyMoreover, this home, which has reached the vanishing point, makes almost no demand for his co-operation in its maintenance.
The Minister and the Boy | Allan HobenThe other idea is a sort of monarchical pantheism, of which the vanishing point is a republic.
Or are they wise in their handling of the snakes, so that danger is reduced to the vanishing point?
The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi | Hattie Greene LockettWhat secrets are there, down beyond the vanishing point in the realm of the infinitely small!
Astounding Stories, March, 1931 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for vanishing point
the point to which parallel lines appear to converge in the rendering of perspective, usually on the horizon
a point in space or time at or beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist
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