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vanishing point definition

vanishing point

  1. the point where parallel lines receding from the observer seem to come together
  2. a time, place, or stage at which something disappears or ceases to exist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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