Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That disappears; vanishing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. pr. & vb. n. of
disappear . - (Ordnance) a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing carriage in the coast artillery of the United States army is the Buffington-Crozier carriage, in which the gun trunnions are secured at the upper and after ends of a pair of heavy levers, at the lower ends of which is attached a counterweight of lead. The levers are pivoted at their middle points, which are, with the top carriage, permitted restrained motion along the slightly inclined chassis rails. The counterweight is held in place by a pawl and ratchet. When the gun is loaded the pawl is released and the counterweight sinks, raising the gun to the firing position above the parapet. The recoil following the discharge returns the gun to the loading position, the counterweight rising until the pawl engages the ratchet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
disappear .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word disappearing.
Examples
-
I have heard many statesmen say that his private business is his private business and that Sanford should only resign because of his negligence in disappearing from the state for 5 days.
-
Thus, information is disappearing from the Internet just as quickly as it is appearing regardless of merit.
Women Grow Business » Is Your Business Bound for Digital Amnesia or Digital Preservation? 2009
-
Salmon disappearing is definitely a case of an ecosystem getting screwed up.
-
Salmon disappearing is definitely a case of an ecosystem getting screwed up.
-
Around the world ships of all shapes and sizes mysteriously begin disappearing, as do submarines and other submersibles, never to be heard from again.
-
African-American baseball players have been disappearing from the sport.
-
After disappearing from the public eye for nearly a week, Sanford, 49, acknowledged Wednesday that he had not hiked the Appalachian Trail - as his staff had said earlier - but had been in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
-
The real problem of our historic hour is that God is disappearing from the horizon of men and that with the extinguishing of the light coming from God disorientation befalls mankind, the destructive effects of which we are seeing ever more.
Papal Letter about the Lifting of the SSPX Excommunications - the Letter Itself 2009
-
After disappearing from the public eye for nearly a week, Sanford, 49, acknowledged Wednesday that he had not hiked the Appalachian Trail - as his staff had said earlier - but had been in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
SC gov to return to work Friday, despite calls for resignation 2009
-
Amalia Dayan with Daniella Luxembourg at their gallery After disappearing from the public eye for nearly 19 years, Jeff Koons's infamous "Made in Heaven" paintings with his then wife, adult film star Ilona Staller, returned to New York this week.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.