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evanescent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French évanescent (“evanescent”), from Latin ?v?n?sc?ns (“disappearing, vanishing”), present participle of ?v?n?sc? (“to disappear, vanish; to die out, fade away; to lapse”), from ?- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away, out’)) + v?n?sc? (“to vanish”) (from v?nus (“empty, vacant, void”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?weh?- (“to abandon, leave”)) + -?sc? (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to become’)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?v??n?s(?)nt/, /i?v?-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??v??n?s?nt/
- Rhymes: -?s?nt
- Hyphenation: eva?nes?cent
Adjective
evanescent (comparative more evanescent, superlative most evanescent)
- Disappearing, vanishing.
- Synonym: nonevanescent
- (electromagnetism) Of an oscillating electric or magnetic field: not propagating as an electromagnetic wave but having its energy spatially concentrated in the vicinity of its source.
- (mathematics) Of a number or value: diminishing to the point of reaching zero as a limit; infinitesimal.
- Barely there; almost imperceptible.
- Ephemeral, fleeting, momentary.
- Synonyms: nonevanescent; see also Thesaurus:ephemeral
- (botany) Of plant parts: shed after a period.
Derived terms
- evanescence
- evanescently
- nonevanescent
Related terms
- evanesce
Translations
References
Further reading
- evanescent field on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- evanescent (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Verb
?v?n?scent
- third-person plural future active indicative of ?v?n?sc?
Romanian
Etymology
From French évanescent
Adjective
evanescent m or n (feminine singular evanescent?, masculine plural evanescen?i, feminine and neuter plural evanescente)
- evanescent
Declension
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fitting
English
Alternative forms
- (ready): fittin', fittin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?t??/
- Rhymes: -?t??
Verb
fitting
- present participle of fit
- (informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing.
- I'm fitting to go home and sleep.
Synonyms
- (ready): fixing to (see also going to)
Adjective
fitting (comparative more fitting, superlative most fitting)
- Ready, appropriate, suitable, or in keeping
Translations
Noun
fitting (countable and uncountable, plural fittings)
- A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
- (engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
- The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
- (manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
- (chiefly Britain, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
- the fittings of a church or study
- (uncountable) The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
- Since her medication was changed, her fitting has got worse.
Derived terms
- fitting-out
- fitting room (noun)
Translations
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