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transitory
English
Etymology
From Middle French transitoire, from Old French, from Latin transitorius
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t?æn.z?.t(?)??/, /?t?æn.s?.t(?)??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?t?æn.z??t??.i/, /?t?æn.s??t??.i/
Adjective
transitory (comparative more transitory, superlative most transitory)
- Lasting only a short time; temporary.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ephemeral
- (law) Of an action: that may be brought in any county
- Antonym: local
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
Related terms
- transient
Translations
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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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