The point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist.
Roget 449:
disappearance,
evanescence,
eclipse,
occultation.
departure
etc.
293;
exit;
vanishing point;
dissolving views.
Roget 32:
smallness
etc.
adj.;
littleness
etc.
(small size)
193;
tenuity;
paucity;
fewness
etc.
(small number)
103;
meanness,
insignificance
(unimportance)
643;
mediocrity,
moderation.
small quantity,
modicum,
trace,
hint,
minimum;
vanishing point;
material point,
atom,
particle,
molecule,
corpuscle,
point,
speck,
dot,
mote,
jot,
iota,
ace;
minutiae,
details;
look,
thought,
idea,
soupcon,
dab,
dight†,
whit,
tittle,
shade,
shadow;
spark,
scintilla,
gleam;
touch,
cast;
grain,
scruple,
granule,
globule,
minim,
sup,
sip,
sop,
spice,
drop,
droplet,
sprinkling,
dash,
morceau†,
screed,
smack,
tinge,
tincture;
inch,
patch,
scantling,
tatter,
cantlet†,
flitter,
gobbet†,
mite,
bit,
morsel,
crumb,
seed,
fritter,
shive†;
snip,
snippet;
snick†,
snack,
snatch,
slip,
scrag†;
chip,
chipping;
shiver,
sliver,
driblet,
clipping,
paring,
shaving,
hair.
nutshell;
thimbleful,
spoonful,
handful,
capful,
mouthful;
fragment;
fraction
etc.
(part)
51;
drop in the ocean.
animalcule
etc.
193.
trifle
etc.
(unimportant thing)
643;
mere nothing,
next to nothing;
hardly anything;
just enough to swear by;
the shadow of a shade.
finiteness,
finite quantity.
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Roget 193:
littleness
etc.
adj.;
smallness
etc.
(of quantity)
32;
exiguity,
inextension†;
parvitude†,
parvity†;
duodecimo†;
Elzevir edition,
epitome,
microcosm;
rudiment;
vanishing point;
thinness
etc.
203.
dwarf,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
Liliputian,
chit,
pigwidgeon†,
urchin,
elf;
atomy†,
dandiprat†;
doll,
puppet;
Tom Thumb,
Hop-o'-my-thumb†;
manikin,
mannikin;
homunculus,
dapperling†,
cock-sparrow.
animalcule,
monad,
mite,
insect,
emmet†,
fly,
midge,
gnat,
shrimp,
minnow,
worm,
maggot,
entozoon†;
bacteria;
infusoria†;
microzoa [Micro.];
phytozoaria†;
microbe;
grub;
tit,
tomtit,
runt,
mouse,
small fry;
millet seed,
mustard seed;
barleycorn;
pebble,
grain of sand;
molehill,
button,
bubble.
point;
atom
etc.
(small quantity)
32;
fragment
etc.
(small part)
51;
powder
etc.
330;
point of a pin,
mathematical point;
minutiae
etc.
(unimportance)
643.
micrometer;
vernier;
scale.
microphotography,
photomicrography,
micrography†;
photomicrograph,
microphotograph;
microscopy;
microscope
(optical instruments)
445.
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