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visual
[ vizh-oo-uhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to seeing or sight:
a visual image.
- used in seeing:
the visual sense.
- perceptible by the sense of sight; visible:
a visual beauty.
- perceptible by the mind; of the nature of a mental vision:
a visual impression captured in a line of verse.
noun
- Usually visuals.
- the picture elements, as distinguished from the sound elements, in films, television, etc.
- a rough, preliminary sketch of an advertising layout, showing possible arrangements of material. Compare comprehensive ( def 5 ).
- any item or element depending on the sense of sight.
visual
/ ˈvɪʒʊəl; -zjʊ- /
adjective
- of, relating to, done by, or used in seeing
visual powers
visual steering
- See opticalanother word for optical
- capable of being seen; visible
- of, occurring as, or induced by a mental image
noun
- a sketch to show the proposed layout of an advertisement, as in a newspaper
- often plural a photograph, film, or other display material
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Derived Forms
- ˈvisually, adverb
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Other Words From
- non·visu·al adjective
- sub·visu·al adjective noun
- super·visu·al adjective
- super·visu·al·ly adverb
- un·visu·al adjective
- un·visu·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of visual1
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Example Sentences
Bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane.
Most of them were large birds—hawks, egrets, and even peacocks—for spectacular visual effect as they took flight.
Instead, the writers had to rely on visual cues and ambiance.
And since visual media is more compelling than any other medium, it is consistently their drug of choice.
In movies, that language, visual and verbal, has yet to be mastered.
He devoured it whole with a kind of visual gulp—a flash; the entire meaning first, then lines, then separate words.
This hour gives to the imaginative in every land a thrill, a yearning, and a pang of visual regeneration.
For this reason the photographic images are less sensitive to conditions affecting the seeing than the visual images.
For visual observation the Crossley telescope is provided with seven eyepieces, with powers ranging from 620 downward.
However the scout did not move toward it until after a long moment of both visual and mental inspection of his surroundings.
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