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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Evanescent (disambiguation)

Evanescent         
·adj Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.
II. Evanescent ·adj Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.
evanescent         
a.
Vanishing, fleeting, transitory, transient, passing, flitting, fugitive, flying, ephemeral, short-lived.
evanescent         
¦ adjective
1. chiefly literary quickly fading from sight, memory, or existence.
2. Physics denoting a field or wave which extends into a region where it cannot propagate and whose amplitude therefore decreases with distance.
Derivatives
evanesce verb
evanescence noun
evanescently adverb
Origin
C18: from L. evanescent-, evanescere 'disappear'.

Wikipedia

Evanescent

Evanescent may refer to:

  • Evanescent (dermatology), a class of skin lesions
  • "Evanescent" (song), a song by Vamps
  • Evanescent wave, a term applied to electromagnetic waves that decay exponentially
Examples of use of evanescent
1. Both advances reflect researchers‘ growing ability to manipulate light, the fleetest and most evanescent of nature‘s offerings.
2. From the vantage point of Capitol Hill, Bush‘s evanescent Zarqawi "recovery" has failed to cast any glow on to Republican prospects.
3. A growing number of college professors are using film, audio clips and PowerPoint presentations to play to their students‘ strengths and capture their evanescent attention.
4. A great jazz number is evanescent; attempts to capture it on vinyl or magnetic tape, or to translate it into bits and bytes, are like putting a bird in a cage.
5. It‘s easy to forget that at the time of her death, Diana was descending into Norma Desmond territory, living an evanescent existence in the company of a coke–snorting Arab playboy and his Eurotrash acolytes.