Visual
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Any element of something that depends on sight.
"It wasn't the first time I pulled an all-nighter, but normally I was coming off an acid trip and still seeing visuals dancing around in my head."
- 2 An image; a picture; a graphic.
- 3 All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio. in-plural
- 4 A preliminary sketch.
- 5 Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.
"The visual where the trombone all threw their instruments into the air looked good."
- 1 Related to or affecting the vision.
"Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background."
- 2 That can be seen; visible. obsolete
- 1 visible wordnet
- 2 relating to or using sight wordnet
Example
More examples"There were still no visual signs of spring."
Etymology
From Middle English vysual, from Old French, from Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), from Latin visus (“sight”), from videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see visage.
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