[syn: fade, disappearance]
4. ceasing to exist;
- Example: "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula"
- Example: "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?"
- Example: "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disappearance \Dis`ap*pear"ance\, n.
The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal
from sight; vanishing. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disappearance
n 1: the act of leaving secretly or without explanation [syn:
disappearance, disappearing] [ant: appearance]
2: the event of passing out of sight [ant: appearance]
3: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: fade,
disappearance]
4: ceasing to exist; "he regretted the disappearance of Greek
from school curricula"; "what was responsible for the
disappearance of the rainforest?"; "the disappearance of
resistance at very low temperatures"