vaporescenceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

vaporescence (usually uncountable, 複数形 vaporescences)

1. (rare) The production or emission of vapor.
   • 1843, John Ruskin, Modern Painters […] , volume I (parts I–II), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […]:

     Intricate as it is, all is blended into a cloud-like harmony of shade, which becomes fainter and fainter, as it retires, with the most delicate flatness and unity of tone. And it is by this kind of vaporescence, so to speak, by this flat, misty unison of parts, that nature, and her faithful followers, are enabled to keep the eye in perfect repose in the midst of profusion, and to display beauty of form.