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evanescent

[ev-uh-nes-uhnt] / ˌɛv əˈnɛs ənt /


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Evanescent is not the D.C. artist’s only mode.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2016

Evanescent waves can reveal details smaller than a wavelength, but they are hard to capture because they peter out so quickly.

From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2011

Evanescent rashes, which have nothing in common with the specific exanthem, are sometimes observed at this period.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Evanescent periostitis is met with in acquired syphilis during the period of the early skin eruptions.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

And they became what may be called an Evanescent Vapor, until all was lost in the Empyrean.

From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley




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