visual
English
Alternative forms
- visuall (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French, from Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), from Latin visus (“sight”), from videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see visage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪʒʊəl/, /ˈvɪzjʊəl/, /ˈvɪʒəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɪʒuəl/, /ˈvɪʒwəl/
Adjective
visual (comparative more visual, superlative most visual)
- Related to or affecting the vision.
- 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 206-7:
- 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.
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- (obsolete) That can be seen; visible.
Derived terms
terms derived from visual (adjective)
Translations
Noun
visual (plural visuals)
- Any element of something that depends on sight.
- An image; a picture; a graphic.
- (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multi-media presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
- (advertising) A preliminary sketch.
Further reading
- visual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- visual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “visual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.
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