The first step we are going to take is to know the etymological origin of the term evanescent that concerns us now. In this case, we can point out that it is a word that derives from Latin, exactly from "evanescentis", which can be translated as "he who evaporates" and that it is the result of the sum of the following lexical components:
-The prefix «ex-«, which means «from» or «outwards».
-The adjective «vanus», which is synonymous with «empty».
-The suffix "-ecer", which is used to indicate "process".
-The suffix "-nte", which can be translated as "agent".
It is an adjective that refers to that which, due to its characteristics, tends to vanish, dissipate or evaporate .
For example: "The chemical reaction generated an evanescent field on the particles" , "We must understand that success is usually evanescent, it is very difficult for it to last over time" , "When descending on the distant planet, the astronaut was surprised by detect an evanescent substance emerging from the ground .
Synonyms of evanescent are also aerial, impalpable, light, soft, graceful or ethereal, for example. On the contrary, its antonyms include compact, resistant, stable, stony, robust or resistant, for example.
In colloquial language, what is ephemeral or transitory is described as evanescent. A person, in this framework, can affirm that joy is evanescent since, sooner or later, that feeling disappears. Then, another event can cause joy to return, always alternating with other emotions.
In football , referees have an evanescent spray that they use to mark the distance that must be kept between the ball (the ball) and the players who form the barrier in a free kick. The judge, in this framework, stands next to the ball, takes the regulatory distance and draws a line on the grass with the evanescent spray. In this way you can control that no footballer crosses the line and gets closer than allowed. A couple of minutes after application, the evanescent spray disappears without leaving any marks.
The idea of evanescent also appears in different fields of medicine . In ophthalmology, there is multiple evanescent white dot syndrome , a rare disease that consists of the perception, with one eye, of light flashes that do not exist. Vanishing twin syndrome , on the other hand, appears when, in a multiple pregnancy, one or more fetuses disappear after being identified through a study.
In the field of literature, the term evanescent has been used on numerous occasions to title different works. Among these is, for example, the novel "Evanescentes", which is written by Sonia Montava Marín and which revolves around a Psychology student who falls in love with her best friend's brother and who will discover that she has a singular gift that she did not know about. .
Likewise, there is also the book "The Vanishing Man", written by Leffery Deaver. It takes as its central character a magician of escapism who, at the same time, is a murderer. Precisely thanks to the tricks he knows how to perform, he continually manages to elude the police when they are about to capture him or discover him.