DISAPPEARANCE


Meaning of DISAPPEARANCE in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈpirən(t)s noun

1. : the act or an instance of disappearing : removal from sight : vanishing

the disappearance of his name from the list of players

the disappearance of stately old mansions

made a sudden disappearance from the party

2. : the depletion or diminution of world or national stocks or supplies (as of cotton, wheat)

with the present rate of disappearance the national marketing quota for the new crop of cotton would be 10 million bales

also : the amount of such depletion

the total annual disappearance of wheat averaged 721 million bushels

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.