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   Ev·a·nes·cent

   /ˌevəˈnes(ə)nt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing: literary "a shimmering evanescent bubble" Similar vanishingfadingevaporatingmelting awaydisappearingdiminishingdwindlingshrinkingfugitiverare:fugaciousephemeralfleetingshort-livedshort-termpassingtransitorytransientfugitivemomentarytemporarybriefhere today and gone tomorrowrare:fugaciousOpposite unlimitedpermanent
   • ▪ denoting a field or wave that extends into a region where it cannot propagate and whose amplitude therefore decreases with distance. literary

   Word Origin early 18th century (in the sense ‘almost imperceptible’): from Latin evanescent- ‘disappearing’, from the verb evanescere (see evanesce).

   Derivatives

   • 1. evanescence noun
   • 2. evanescently adverb

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