English Dictionary

vanishing point

名詞

The point in a perspective drawing at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.

日本語の意味

遠近法において、観察者から遠ざかる平行線が一点に収束して見える点

The artist aligned the road and the railway tracks carefully so they met at the vanishing point.

画家は道路と線路が観察者から遠ざかる平行線が収束して見える点（消失点）で交わるように注意深く配置した。

意味（1）

The point in a perspective drawing at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.

These formulae . . . give for the vanishing point of a set of parallel lines whose common azimuth is α and declivity δ: η=d tan α, ζ=d tan δ sec α.

意味（2）

The situation in which, place where, or point in time when some object or phenomenon is no longer observable or notable.

At 8h 35' 4, the least dent possible, quite black, appeared in the sun's limb. And at 8h 35' 6, the limb was restored to its perfect form, there having been a small trembling light, between the narrow watery border of Venus and the vanishing point of contact in the sun's limb for these two seconds of time.

vanishing points （ plural ）