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Webster 1913 Edition


Visible

Vis′i-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
visibilis
, fr.
videre
,
visum
, to see: cf. F.
visible
. See
Vision
.]
1.
Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view;
as, a
visible
star; the least spot is
visible
on white paper.
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things
visible
and invisible.
Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Virtue made
visible
in outward grace.
Young.
2.
Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous.
Shak.
The factions at court were greater, or more
visible
, than before.
Clarendon.
Visible church
(Theol.)
,
the apparent church of Christ on earth; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the invisible, or real, church, consisting of sanctified persons.
Visible horizon
.
Same as
Apparent horizon
, under
Apparent
.
Vis′i-ble-ness
,
Noun.
Vis′i-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Visible

VIS'IBLE

,
Adj.
s as z. [L. visibilis.]
1.
Perceivable by the eye; that can be seen; as a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper; air agitated by heat becomes visible; as the air near a heated stove, or over a dry sandy plain, appears like pellucid waves.
Virtue made visible in outward grace.
2.
Discovered to the eye; as visible spirits.
3.
Apparent; open; conspicuous. Factions at court became more visible.
Visible church, in theology, the apparent church of Christ; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the real or invisible church, consisting of sanctified persons.
Visible horizon, the line that bounds the sight.

Definition 2024


visible

visible

English

Adjective

visible (comparative more visible, superlative most visible)

  1. Able to be seen.
    When the sun rises the world becomes visible.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
      Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
    • 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 206-7:
      Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close [] above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.

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  • visible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • visible in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Asturian

Adjective

visible (epicene, plural visibles)

  1. visible (able to be seen)

Catalan

Adjective

visible m, f (masculine and feminine plural visibles)

  1. visible

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /visiblə/

Adjective

visible m, f (plural visibles)

  1. visible

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Galician

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Adjective

visible m, f (plural visibles)

  1. visible

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Old French

Etymology

Late 12th century, borrowing from Latin visibilis.

Adjective

visible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular visible)

  1. visible (able to be seen)

Spanish

Adjective

visible m, f (plural visibles)

  1. visible

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