vanishing point
Americannoun
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a point of disappearance, cessation, or extinction.
His patience had reached the vanishing point.
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(in the study of perspective in art) that point toward which receding parallel lines appear to converge.
noun
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the point to which parallel lines appear to converge in the rendering of perspective, usually on the horizon
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a point in space or time at or beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist
Etymology
Origin of vanishing point
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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“I understand they have a job to do,” she said, gazing toward the tent city, which, from here, seemed to meld toward a vanishing point.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The three meet in a vanishing point at the bottom edge as if a textbook illustration for Renaissance one-point perspective.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
Ireland highlighted the motel’s twin-bedded geometries and flat veranda stretching to an arid vanishing point.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
“The vanishing point corresponding to parallel lines on the screen, price, and ‘Don’t blame…’ text are inconsistent,” Farid wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
They dealt in transformations; they suggested an endless series of possibilities, extending like the reflections in two mirrors set facing one another, stretching on, replica after replica, to the vanishing point.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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