invisible
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ə adjective
1.
not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
2.
withdrawn from or out of sight; hidden: an invisible seam.
3.
not perceptible or discernible by the mind: invisible differences.
4.
not ordinarily found in financial statements or reflected in statistics or a listing: Goodwill is an invisible asset to a business.
5.
concealed from public knowledge.
noun
6.
an invisible thing or being.
7.
the invisible, the unseen or spiritual world.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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invisible (ɪnˈvɪzəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not visible; not able to be perceived by the eye: invisible rays |
| 2. | concealed from sight; hidden |
| 3. | not easily seen or noticed: invisible mending |
| 4. | kept hidden from public view; secret; clandestine |
| 5. | economics of or relating to services rather than goods in relation to the invisible balance: invisible earnings |
| —n | |
| 6. | economics an invisible item of trade; service |
| invisi'bility | |
| —n | |
| in'visibleness | |
| —n | |
| in'visibly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
invisible
1340, from O.Fr. invisible (13c.), from L. invisibilis "unseen, invisible," from in- "not" + visibilis (see visible).
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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invisible
in economics, the exchange of physically intangible items between countries. Invisible trade can be distinguished from visible trade, which involves the export, import, and reexport of physically tangible goods. Basic categories of invisible trade include services (receipts and payments arising from activities such as customer service or shipping); income from foreign investment in the form of interest, profits, and dividends; private or government transfers of monies from one country to another; and intellectual property and patents. (See also intellectual-property law.
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Example sentences
More jarring still are the invisible inequalities, the ones hidden in statistics.
Invisible to the human eye perhaps, but not invisible to a whole slew of infrared detectors.
It is moral hazard operating through the invisible hand.
To a hidden invisible goal the freightage of numberless lives.
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