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VISIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does visible mean?
• VISIBLE (adjective)
The adjective VISIBLE has 3 senses:
1. capable of being seen; or open to easy view
2. obvious to the eye
3. present and easily available
Familiarity information: VISIBLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being seen; or open to easy view
Synonyms:
seeable; visible
Context example:
visible files
Similar:
circumpolar ((of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel)
in sight (at or within a reasonable distance for seeing)
macroscopic; macroscopical (visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye)
gross; megascopic (visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features))
microscopic; microscopical (visible under a microscope; using a microscope)
subgross (too small to be visible to the naked eye)
panoptic; panoptical (including everything visible in one view)
telescopic (visible only with a telescope)
viewable (capable of being viewed)
Also:
perceptible (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses)
Antonym:
invisible (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye)
Derivation:
visibility; visibleness (quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Obvious to the eye
Context example:
a visible change of expression
Similar:
open; overt (open and observable; not secret or hidden)
Derivation:
visibility; visibleness (quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Present and easily available
Context example:
visible resources
Similar:
available (obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service)
Context examples
Terminology for the test names concerned with the findings from a specimen that are visible by microscopic analysis.
(CDISC SEND Microscopic Findings Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Terminology for the test codes concerned with the findings from a specimen that are visible by microscopic analysis.
(CDISC SEND Microscopic Findings Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Other tumor cells are small with small nuclei without visible nucleoli.
(Chordoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The different substances may be visible to the eye or detected by a special machine.
(Chromatography, NCI Dictionary)
The first part of the fetus that is visible at the cervical opening during delivery.
(Fetal Presentation, NCI Thesaurus)
The outward or visible aspect of a person or thing.
(Appearance, NCI Thesaurus)
As a result, the arcs have become clearly visible for the first time.
(Unusual Red Arcs Spotted on Icy Saturn Moon, NASA)
Your windows would be visible from there?
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A man’s track was visible beside the horse’s.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His complexion became pale with anger, and the disturbance of his mind was visible in every feature.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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