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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight;
- Example: "the evanescence of the morning mist"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Evanescence \Ev`a*nes"cence\, n. The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plans or hopes. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

evanescence n 1: the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight; "the evanescence of the morning mist"