evanescent
11evanescent — adjective /ˌɛv.əˈnɛs.ənt/ a) Vanishing, disappearing. The sea was each little birds great playmate. . . . In their airy flutterings, they seemed to rest on the evanescent spray. b) Ephemeral, momentary, fleeting. . . . making the ideal of my… …
12evanescent — [[t]e̱vəne̱s(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is evanescent gradually disappears from sight or memory. [FORMAL or LITERARY] ...the evanescent scents of summer herbs, flowers or exotic spices. Syn: ephemeral …
13evanescent — adjective Etymology: Latin evanescent , evanescens, present participle of evanescere Date: 1717 tending to vanish like vapor Synonyms: see transient …
14evanescent — evanescently, adv. /ev euh nes euhnt/, adj. 1. vanishing; fading away; fleeting. 2. tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible. [1745 55; < L evanescent (s. of evanescens) vanishing, disappearing. See EVANESCE, ENT] * * * …
15evanescent — Of short duration. [L. e, out, + vanesco, to vanish] * * * ev·a·nes·cent .ev ə nes ənt adj tending to disappear quickly: of relatively short duration <an evanescent rash> * * * ev·a·nes·cent (ev″ə nesґənt) [L. evanescere to… …
16evanescent — ev|a|nes|cent [ˌevəˈnesənt, ˌi: US ˌev ] adj literary [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of evanescere to disappear ] something that is evanescent does not last very long …
17evanescent — 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… …
18evanescent — adjective, literary operating on an evanescent budget Syn: vanishing, fading, evaporating, melting away, disappearing; ephemeral, fleeting, short lived, short term, transitory, transient, fugitive, temporary See note at …
19evanescent — ev•a•nes•cent [[t]ˌɛv əˈnɛs ənt[/t]] adj. vanishing; fading away • Etymology: 1745–55; < L ēvānēscent , s. of ēvānēscēns ev a•nes′cent•ly, adv …
20Evanescent Wave Scattering — (deutsch: „Streuung abfallender Wellen“ bzw. „Streuung evaneszenter Wellen“ , vgl. Evaneszenz) bezeichnet einen physikalischen Effekt aus dem Gebiet der Optik. Grundlagen Trifft elektromagnetische Strahlung auf eine Grenzfläche zwischen Medien… …
