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imperceptible
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French imperceptible, from Medieval Latin imperceptibilis
Adjective
imperceptible (comparative more imperceptible, superlative most imperceptible)
- not perceptible, not detectable, too small in magnitude to be observed
- 1986, Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons, OUP Oxford (?ISBN), page 75:
- Very small benefits may be imperceptible. And it is plausible to claim that an 'imperceptible benefit' is not a benefit.
- Synonyms: imperceivable, undistinguishable, unperceivable
- Antonyms: detectable, perceptible
- 1986, Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons, OUP Oxford (?ISBN), page 75:
Derived terms
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin imperceptibilis, equivalent to im- +? perceptible.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /im.p??.s?p?ti.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im.p?r.s?p?ti.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.pe?.sep?ti.ble/
Adjective
imperceptible (masculine and feminine plural imperceptibles)
- imperceptible
- Antonym: perceptible
Derived terms
- imperceptiblement
Further reading
- “imperceptible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “imperceptible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “imperceptible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “imperceptible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From the Medieval Latin imperceptibilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.p??.s?p.tibl/
Adjective
imperceptible (plural imperceptibles)
- imperceptible
Further reading
- “imperceptible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin imperceptibilis; synchronically analyzable as im- +? perceptible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /impe??eb?tible/, [?m.pe?.?e???t?i.??le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /impe?seb?tible/, [?m.pe?.se???t?i.??le]
Adjective
imperceptible (plural imperceptibles)
- imperceptible
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evanescent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French évanescent (“evanescent”), from Latin ?v?n?sc?ns (“disappearing, vanishing”), present participle of ?v?n?sc? (“to disappear, vanish; to die out, fade away; to lapse”), from ?- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away, out’)) + v?n?sc? (“to vanish”) (from v?nus (“empty, vacant, void”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?weh?- (“to abandon, leave”)) + -?sc? (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to become’)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?v??n?s(?)nt/, /i?v?-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??v??n?s?nt/
- Rhymes: -?s?nt
- Hyphenation: eva?nes?cent
Adjective
evanescent (comparative more evanescent, superlative most evanescent)
- Disappearing, vanishing.
- Synonym: nonevanescent
- (electromagnetism) Of an oscillating electric or magnetic field: not propagating as an electromagnetic wave but having its energy spatially concentrated in the vicinity of its source.
- (mathematics) Of a number or value: diminishing to the point of reaching zero as a limit; infinitesimal.
- Barely there; almost imperceptible.
- Ephemeral, fleeting, momentary.
- Synonyms: nonevanescent; see also Thesaurus:ephemeral
- (botany) Of plant parts: shed after a period.
Derived terms
- evanescence
- evanescently
- nonevanescent
Related terms
- evanesce
Translations
References
Further reading
- evanescent field on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- evanescent (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Verb
?v?n?scent
- third-person plural future active indicative of ?v?n?sc?
Romanian
Etymology
From French évanescent
Adjective
evanescent m or n (feminine singular evanescent?, masculine plural evanescen?i, feminine and neuter plural evanescente)
- evanescent
Declension
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