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evanescent in French

evanescent in French is évanescent — evanescent means fading away or disappearing quickly.

evanescent in French

évanescent
adj
Disappearing, vanishing.

What does "evanescent" mean?

  1. adj Fading away or disappearing quickly.
  2. adj (physics) Describes an electric or magnetic field whose energy stays close to its source rather than spreading out as a wave.
  3. adj (maths) Describes a number or amount that shrinks toward zero.
  4. adj So slight as to be almost impossible to notice.
    "And I was pale, and clear, and evanescent, like the light, and they were dark, and close, and constant, like the shadow."
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evanescent in a sentence

  • And I was pale, and clear, and evanescent, like the light, and they were dark, and close, and constant, like the shadow.

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What is "evanescent" in French?
"evanescent" in French is évanescent. evanescent means: Fading away or disappearing quickly.
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