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VANISHING POINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vanishing point" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Holonyms ("vanishing point" is a part of...):
linear perspective; perspective (the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("vanishing point" is a kind of...):
point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)
