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in⋅vis⋅i⋅ble

  [in-viz-uh-buhl]
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–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 withdrawn from or out of sight; hidden: an invisible seam.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.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < L invīsibilis. See in- 3 , visible

Related forms:
in⋅vis⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅vis⋅i⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅vis⋅i⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. veiled, obscure.
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in·vis·i·ble   (ĭn-vĭz'ə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Impossible to see; not visible: Air is invisible.

  2. Not accessible to view; hidden: mountain peaks invisible in the fog.

  3. Not easily noticed or detected; inconspicuous: "The poor are politically invisible" (Michael Harrington).

  4. Not published in financial statements: an invisible asset.

n.  One that is invisible.
in·vis'i·bil'i·ty, in·vis'i·ble·ness n., in·vis'i·bly 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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