Definition of disappearance Disappearance

/dɪˌsʌpɪˈɹʌns/ - [disupiruns] - dis•ap•pear•ance

We found 8 definitions of disappearance from 5 different sources.

What does disappearance mean?

Noun Plural: disappearances
disappearance - the event of passing out of sight
		appearance the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"
		happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens
		ingress, immersion (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
		evanescence the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight; "the evanescence of the morning mist"
		vanishing a sudden disappearance from sight
disappearance - the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
		disappearing
		appearance the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"
		going away, leaving, departure, going the act of departing
disappearance - ceasing to exist; "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula"; "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?"; "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures"
disappearance - gradually ceasing to be visible
		fade
		ending, termination, conclusion the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"