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[viz-uh-buhl]

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adjective

that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.

apparent; manifest; obvious: a man with no visible means of support.

being constantly or frequently in the public view; conspicuous: a visible political position.

noting or pertaining to a system of keeping records or information on cards or sheets in such a way that the desired reference can be brought instantly to view: a visible index.

Commerce.

available or accessible; already existing, as goods in a warehouse or in transit as opposed to goods in production: visible supply.

involving actual goods that have been recorded or accounted for: visible trade.

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prepared or converted for visual presentation; represented visually.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Latin vīsibilis, equivalent to vīs(us) (see vision) + -ibilis -ible

Related forms

vis·i·ble·ness, noun

vis·i·bly, adverb

non·vis·i·ble, adjective

non·vis·i·b·ly, adverb

pre·vis·i·ble, adjective

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pre·vis·i·b·ly, adverb

un·vis·i·ble, adjective

un·vis·i·ble·ness, noun

un·vis·i·b·ly, adverb

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Can be confused: visible, visual.

Synonyms
1, 2. discernible. 2. evident.

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Example Sentences

What is visible in battle here is less an organized force than the martial manifestation of a popular uprising.

If you are invisible, you still see if people are visible but they cannot see you.

Most young people seeking professional work do not get large, visible tattoos.

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What is visible in battle here is less an organized force than the martial manifestation of a popular uprising.

If you are invisible, you still see if people are visible but they cannot see you.

Most young people seeking professional work do not get large, visible tattoos.

Trickles of wayward meteors are visible year-round in any clear night sky.

The motions of this visible material reveal that it is mere flotsam on an unseen sea of unknown material.

Traces of a protozoan and three helminth worms were visible.

The surprise: a paper flower on the inside lining that's visible only when the lamp is turned on.

When the team ran pulses of blue light through the kidney-jellyfish combo, a visible laser beam shot out.

No places are open to sell strong drink, and there are no visible signs of intoxication.

Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minority groups, and persons with disabilities.

The long-term hope is to transmit data using visible light emitted by indoor lighting.

Jupiter's rings are only visible when backlit by the sun.

These photons are shorter in wavelength and higher in energy than visible light.

Lazarus visible only as a pair of hands reaching skyward from the tomb.

The dark wall visible beyond the tree trunk the dog run.

Visible frequency would be a good alternative, they say.

With a little effort, it can make what you do visible through a design that corresponds with your own interests and investments.

It is not only too big to fail, but too visible to be allowed to screw up.

Only the sun's faint upper atmosphere, or corona, remains visible.

The impact flash is visible to the lower right of that peak in the photo sequence, taken with an infrared camera.

To be used in this fashion, the tail would have to be fully visible and therefore, the head would have to be elevated.

Using a paintbrush will leave visible marks, which may or may not bother you.

It is a false-color composite of visible and infrared images.

That's what it takes, after all, when the goal is to map half the visible universe.

Crime is more visible than before, but that does not make it new.

Of the eight official planets in the solar system, five are visible at night without the aid of a telescope or binoculars.

Distant explosion visible to the naked eye breaks the mold with double jet.

Because burrowing owls are active during the day, they are a highly visible species.

Damage to those big, bold, fleshy leaves is highly visible.

They also found some points in the distant skies that emitted both visible light and radio frequencies.

The only visible water is frozen, and that is probably true of any that is hidden underground as well.

Dozens of shooting stars should be visible over the course of the entire week.

The waveguide also appears to work for multiple wavelengths of visible light, something metamaterials have struggled to do.

Putting the worms under visible light reversed the paralysis.

Carolers will sing, their breath visible in the wintry air.

It radiates hot blue light in the visible spectrum and gives the cloud a bluish tinge.

Greece's exit would create a powerful and highly visible precedent.

Aldrin is seen in the shadow of the lander, yet he is clearly visible.

At this point, only a few prominences from the sun's corona were visible.

The devils might simply make this dirty work more visible.

Just over a thousand stars are visible to the naked eye.

Visible light is not absorbed, so the compound doesn't affect colors.

Rainbows are a simple, ordered display of visible light reflected off of water droplets in the atmosphere.

And don't make the mistake of thinking that all parasites are big, visible worms.

It's not only a rich and highly textured history but it's a visible history.

She'll have to wait until it's done flowering and then snip off the spent bloom when black seeds are visible.

The comet's ghostly glow should be visible with good binoculars or even the naked eye under dark skies.

Little visible light gets out, but these objects still emit heat-and infrared.

Under clear skies, the celestial triumvirate was plainly visible to the naked eye.

She noticed that half of the bats scattered around turbines do not have any visible injuries.

Solomon's seal, giant trillium with the leaves of adder's tongue visible along the wooded trail.

The light from the star has been blocked out to make the planet visible.

But existing materials are only able to harness the sun's visible light.

Astronomers see no visible matter in a new dark matter ring.

The delicate silk and lace shawl is still in near-perfect condition, free of any rips or visible repairs.

The ash content of the explosion is clearly visible.

The dream of cloaking research is to hide an object illuminated by visible light.

Two black dots appeared in the distance, barely visible through swirling snow.

Even the finest bones are visible in superb definition.

The horizon would absorb light originating from behind a black hole, creating a shadow visible at high enough resolution.

By the way, there are a lot of things about these creatures that is visible only by the models of matrix theory.

Through a process that is still not fully understood, the implosions generate a bright point of visible light.

As it turns out, however, our feelings and thoughts are only too visible to those who know how to look.

It happily allows visible light from the sun to make it to the surface.

The dense jungle filling the cove that surrounded our mooring was barely visible in the breaking dawn.

There are no cabinet secretaries with visible tattoos.

The pages are yellowed, but they feel dry and there's no mold visible.

But the economic effects of the big freeze are still becoming visible in official data.

In the shallow scenario, the jets result from thunderstorms and other sun-driven events on the visible surface of the gas giant.

The biggest changes are visible at the rear, where the expanded kitchen now.

The images they display are also not visible in sunlight.

Crow also has played a visible role in advancing sustainability.

The impact of income on the level of visible consumption appears to persist across minority groups.

Only some of the animals are visible to the human eye, such as small shrimp and crustaceans.

The lens is visible proof that unlike the sea, light can be mastered by human ingenuity.

The material should be effective in both the visible and infrared regions, with an extinction coefficient value.

The visible differences, such as skin colour, are the result of a mere handful of genes.

The next step is to try to develop a version that works in visible wavelengths.

They returned, many of them, showing no visible wounds but utterly.

The grain of the fir plank mantel is still visible under a dark espresso stain.

The only visible parts are the filthy, crumb-caked slot.

Their tattoos range from bright and visible to more subtle and partly-hidden.

Maybe it has something to do with pierced visible body parts, tattoos on the neck and other visible body parts.

At its base the blast's expanding shock wave, visible as a whitish ring, engulfs a fleet of unmanned naval vessels.

Because they fall outside the visible spectrum, the human eye cannot perceive them.

Or even being able to turn and look out and see surroundings that weren't even visible in the initial image.

Visible light can reach through the haze and reach the surface.

It's hard without visible social cues of an audience.

Our special report this week looks at the increasingly visible consequences of the rising demand for water.

It is thought to be five times more common than visible matter, but there is no proof of what it is made.

There is also visible evidence in trade cards, beautifully illustrated pieces of paper that were the business cards of their day.

We once interviewed a candidate with a visible tattoo--a swastika on the wrist that his suit jacket sleeves couldn't conceal.

The spatial dimensions of economic and global interdependence are visible everywhere.

Pages that are supposedly restricted are visible to anyone using.

Being visible in the international academic job market counts, too.

But in the months that followed, inattention and disorganisation in his administration brought no visible follow-up.

Fingerprint whirls are still visible on the body's lifelike hands.

The earth¿s surface absorbs visible radiation from the sun, which causes heating.

It does not reflect light and is therefore not visible to us.

Make yourself visible at meetings, talk to visiting seminar speakers.

The evidence is visible on firms' balance sheets and bank statements.

Dust absorbs visible starlight and reradiates it at much longer wavelengths.

Cooray and his team detected it by measuring its gravitational pull on other, visible matter.

But there were few visible signs of fraud and intimidation during the actual voting process.

Only one or two companions are visible at any time in the blur of electric greens and rain-soaked browns.

The smallest details visible here are about two kilometers across.

The green cloud is an inner shell of previously shed material, which shows up in light blue in the visible image.

They wore flamboyant clothing that was clearly visible despite their regalia.

At corners where they have collapsed, small rooms are visible.

Language is also a visible marker that provides a way of tracing the history of a culture.

As an object recedes, the light emanating from it stretches into the red region of the visible spectrum.

We put the toys on top of the cupboards in the kitchen, where they are visible but hard to reach.

Huawei's reputation as a low-cost vendor is only the visible part of the iceberg, he says.

They are so well preserved that the original color of the tissue is still visible.

But there was something else, something visible from a long way off, that identified him.

It would remain visible for nearly a year before disappearing.

Below the text, commentary can be added directly which becomes visible when those highlighted sections are in focus.

For, although the jobs killed by outsourcing abroad are easy to spot, the benefits are less visible but even greater.

Also visible is a piece of copper and two spondylus shells.

The blue component of the spectrum of visible light has shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies than the red component.

There is no visible star or galaxy at the site of flash to offer hints of what caused it.

Unfortunaltely a lot of the deal breakers won't be outwardly visible until an interview and/or offer.

Foxconn's expertise has been in running well-regimented armies of people making goods for highly visible global companies.

The showers should be visible around the world to the naked eye, particularly on moonless nights and away from city lights.

After four weeks, all grafts had healed without visible or microscopic sign of rejection.

Electrons are then amplified and projected on a phosphorous screen that turns them back into visible light.

It is the one office that is rightly so visible that it must follow the established rules while working to create new solutions.

In situ only the pediment figures, garishly painted, were clearly visible from the ground.

The impact releases visible light, creating an aurora.

Viewed straight on, light zipping down the cylinder would be plainly visible.

Turquoise and red dyes are still visible inside grooved diamonds and polygons that decorate the cover.

The tempest is visible as a spot on the terminator between night and day in the northern hemisphere.

The student must make sure that the folder with the name is visible.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

visible (ˈvɪzɪb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	capable of being perceived by the eye
2.	capable of being perceived by the mind; evident: no visible dangers
3.	available: the visible resources
4.	(of an index or file) using a flexible display system for the contents
5.	of or relating to the balance of trade: visible transactions
6.	represented by visible symbols

—n
7.	a visible item of trade; product

[C14: from Latin vīsibilis, from vidēre to see]

'visibleness

—n

'visibly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

visible

c.1340, from O.Fr. visible (12c.), from L. visibilis "that may be seen," from visus, pp. of videre "to see" (see vision).

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