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We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols.
Jacques Lacan

Meaning of "evanescent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EVANESCENT

evanescent  [ˌɛvəˈnɛsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EVANESCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Evanescent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EVANESCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Evanescent

Evanescent may refer to: ▪ Evanescent, a class of skin lesions ▪ "Evanescent", a song by Vamps ▪ Evanescent wave, a term applied to electromagnetic waves that decay exponentially...

Definition of evanescent in the English dictionary

The definition of evanescent in the dictionary is passing out of sight; fading away; vanishing. Other definition of evanescent is ephemeral or transitory.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EVANESCENT


adolescent
ˌædəˈlɛsənt
antidepressant
ˌæntɪdɪˈprɛsənt
canescent
kəˈnɛsənt
crescent
ˈkrɛsənt
depressant
dɪˈprɛsənt
effervescent
ˌɛfəˈvɛsənt
fluorescent
ˌflʊəˈrɛsənt
ignescent
ɪɡˈnɛsənt
incandescent
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənt
incessant
ɪnˈsɛsənt
iridescent
ˌɪrɪˈdɛsənt
juvenescent
ˌdʒuːvɪˈnɛsənt
obsolescent
ˌɒbsəˈlɛsənt
pearlescent
pɜːˈlɛsənt
prepubescent
ˌpriːpjuːˈbɛsənt
quiescent
kwɪˈɛsənt
senescent
sɪˈnɛsənt
spinescent
spaɪˈnɛsənt
suppressant
səˈprɛsənt
thermoluminescent
ˌθɜːməʊˌluːmɪˈnɛsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EVANESCENT

evanesce
evanescence
evanescently
evangel
evangeliar
evangeliarion
evangeliarium
evangeliary
evangelic
evangelical
evangelicalism
evangelically
evangelicalness
evangelicism
evangelisation
evangelise
evangeliser
evangelism
evangelist
evangelistarion

WORDS THAT END LIKE EVANESCENT

acquiescent
ascent
chemiluminescent
coalescent
convalescent
descent
Fertile Crescent
florescent
intumescent
line of descent
luminescent
nascent
opalescent
phosphorescent
photoluminescent
pubescent
recent
Red Crescent
reminiscent
scent
the crescent

Synonyms and antonyms of evanescent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EVANESCENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «evanescent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of evanescent

Translation of «evanescent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EVANESCENT

Find out the translation of evanescent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of evanescent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «evanescent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

渐逝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

evanescente
570 millions of speakers

English

evanescent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्षणभंगुर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زائل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мимолетны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

evanescente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিলীয়মান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

évanescent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Evanescent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vergänglich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エバネッセント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소멸
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbesuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiêu tan lần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலையற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अदृश्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fani
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

evanescente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zanikającą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скороминущі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

efemer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

evanescent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bestendig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

evanescenta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flyktig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of evanescent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EVANESCENT»

The term «evanescent» is regularly used and occupies the 84.400 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EVANESCENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about evanescent

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4 QUOTES WITH «EVANESCENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word evanescent.
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Samuel Butler
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
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Jeffrey Eugenides
I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in Detroit. If you grow up in a city like that you feel everything is perishing, evanescent and going away very quickly.
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Jacques Lacan
We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols.
4
Danielle Trussoni
As a girl, I used to zip myself into a snowsuit, fall into the deepest snowdrift I could find and sweep my arms and legs into the powder, making snow angels that would crumble within minutes of their genesis. Despite their rapid disappearance, something about these frozen, evanescent angels has stayed with me ever since.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EVANESCENT»

Discover the use of evanescent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to evanescent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Evanescent Waves: From Newtonian Optics to Atomic Optics
The first devoted to the topic, this book describes the near field of an object through the role of the evanescent field.
Frederique de Fornel, 2001
2
Evanescent
Trapped in the deadly land of Nerissette, Allie has all but given up on any return to the mortal realm.
Andria Buchanan, 2013
3
Evanescent Isles: From My City-village
An unusual book of quirky essays, some deeply personal. Xu Xi writes from within, of Hong Kong's vanishing culture and sensibility as it transforms itself into a space that is 21st Century China.
Xu Xi, 2008
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The Propagation of Radio Waves: The Theory of Radio Waves of ...
Evanescent waves If n2 is negative and real, n is purely imaginary, so that n = 0, and (2.66) becomes E,. = £j.ue-*Jtz. (2.67) This appears to represent a wave travelling with infinite wave-velocity. Every field component varies harmonically in  ...
‎1988
5
Evanescent: A Broken Novel
Her fall has just begun.
Carlyle Labuschagne, Sandra Valente, 2013
6
Silicon Evanescent Devices for Optical Networks and Buffers
This chapter presents the first electrically pumped silicon evanescent lasers and amplifiers operating at the 1.5 μm wavelength range. The first part of this chapter covers the first demonstration of an electrically pumped silicon evanescent laser  ...
Hyundai Park, 2008
7
The Evanescent City: By George Sterling...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
George Sterling, 2012
8
An Evanescent-wave Based Particle Image Velocimetry Technique
SUMMARY. Quantifying transport, specifically the velocity field inside microfluidic devices, especially in the interfacial or near-wall region, is important since surface (vs. bulk) effects become significant at micro- to nanometer scales. Recently ...
Haifeng Li, 2008
9
The Transitory and Evanescent Nature of All Sublunary ...
Being the Substance of Two Discourses Delivered in the Presbyterian Church of St. Croix; on the Sixth and Thirteenth Days of January 1782, from I Cor. Vii. 31 Hugh Knox. ADVERTISEMENT. THE following discourse hath nothing else to ...
Hugh Knox, 1782
10
Near-Field Nano-Optics: From Basic Principles to ...
BASIC FEATURES OF THE LOCALIZED EVANESCENT FIELD 5.1 .1 . Size- Dependent Decay Length of the Field Intensity With regard to superresolution of the NOM beyond the diffraction limit, it has been pointed out in Section 2.4.3 that the ...
Motoichi Ohtsu, Hirokazu Hori, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EVANESCENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term evanescent is used in the context of the following news items.
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A very delicate interview with photographer Sophie Elbaz | AMA | Art …
... until 18 July 2015, in Paris, she continues her work attempting to feature the evanescent, this time, by showcasing spectral, feminine figures. «AMA, Jul 15»
2
2015 Arlington Handicap Preview | Picks & Ponderings - ChicagoNow
However, three winners of this local prep have gone on to finish second in the Million: Evanescent (1993), Fanmore (1994), and Just as Well ... «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»
3
The CAM Invites Viewers to Marvel at a Rare Collection with …
In Honthorst's evanescent painting “The Steadfast Philosopher,” a woman, naked from the waist up, attempts to seduce a robed scholar, quill in ... «Cincinnati CityBeat, Jul 15»
4
Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early July
Overall, the atmosphere has a misty, evanescent quality. Spirits and apparitions float in and out of dreams, but the characters, likewise, are hard ... «Locus Online, Jul 15»
5
ENTER TO WIN: Air- 'The Virgin Suicides' 15th Anniversary Box Set …
The film turned out lighter and more evanescent. I felt that we didn't get what Sofia wanted.” Despite these regrets, The Virgin Suicidessoon ... «Glide Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Kyrgios needs to chill a bit - but he's still tennis' hottest property
Some of that 'stuff' is evanescent and therefore easily dealt with. The row about Tennis Australia's suspension of Bernard Tomic from their ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
7
'We're going to wake Russellville up'
You won't see them, but you will see their explosions across the night sky in radiant showers of evanescent colors. “Everyone better be settled ... «Russellville Courier, Jul 15»
8
KEATING: Time to take down the stars and bars
... order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. […] Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; ... «Wicked Local Marshfield, Jul 15»
9
This girl just keeps growing
But then Carroll adds that the peculiar, evanescent author in question is really not comfortable with strong praise — because “it is not ... «Bend Bulletin, Jul 15»
10
How The Hamptons Rocked To George Plimpton's July 4th …
... his July 4th fireworks party, prominent amongst them, and it was perfectly clear that his enthusiasm for the images created by this evanescent ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»

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