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VISUALISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does visualise mean?
• VISUALISE (verb)
The verb VISUALISE has 4 senses:
1. view the outline of by means of an X-ray
2. form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract
3. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Familiarity information: VISUALISE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: visualised
Past participle: visualised
-ing form: visualising
Sense 1
Meaning:
View the outline of by means of an X-ray
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
visualise; visualize
Context example:
The radiologist can visualize the cancerous liver
Hypernyms (to "visualise" is one way to...):
catch; see; take in; view; watch (see or watch)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "visualise"):
image (render visible, as by means of MRI)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
visualise; visualize
Context example:
Mathematicians often visualize
Hypernyms (to "visualise" is one way to...):
conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)
Verb group:
envision; fancy; figure; image; picture; project; see; visualise; visualize (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
visualisation (a mental image that is similar to a visual perception)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
envision; fancy; figure; image; picture; project; see; visualise; visualize
Context example:
I can see a risk in this strategy
Hypernyms (to "visualise" is one way to...):
conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)
Verb group:
realise; realize; see; understand (perceive (an idea or situation) mentally)
visualise; visualize (form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 4
Meaning:
Make visible
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
visualise; visualize
Context example:
With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized
Hypernyms (to "visualise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples
A simple non-quantitative form of interference microscopy of great utility in visualising live cells.
(Phase-Contrast Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)
Visualising the molecular architecture of wood allows us to investigate how changing the arrangement of certain polymers within it might alter its strength, said Professor Paul Dupree, a co-author of the study in Cambridge’s Department of Biochemistry.
(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)
Small differences in optical path length due to differences in refractive index and thickness of structures are visualised as differences in light intensity.
(Phase-Contrast Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)
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