VANISHING POINT Definition & Meaning

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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.

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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First recorded in 1790–1800

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Trump would be racing to cash in before the value of his holdings reached the vanishing point.

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The three meet in a vanishing point at the bottom edge as if a textbook illustration for Renaissance one-point perspective.

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The fixed vanishing point, where all lines of vision converge, corresponds to a viewer standing before the picture, motionless in time and space.

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The painting’s primary form is the big, top log that booms outward while its back end diminishes swiftly to a distant vanishing point.

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Ireland highlighted the motel’s twin-bedded geometries and flat veranda stretching to an arid vanishing point.

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