Meaning of VISIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'vizubul
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- [adj] being often in the public eye; "a visible public figure"
- [adj] obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression"
- [adj] perceptible especially by the eye; or open to easy view; "a visible object"; "visible stars"; "mountains visible in the distance"; "a visible change of expression"; "visible files"
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| | Synonyms: | | apparent, circumpolar, conspicuous, in sight, in view, obvious, ocular, open, overt, panoptic, panoptical, seeable, telescopic, viewable, visual |
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| | Antonyms: | | invisible, unseeable | | |
| | See Also: | | perceptible | |
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| | Definition: | | \Vis"i*ble\, a. [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}, n. -- {Vis"i*bly}, adv.
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