1. Possible to see; perceptible to the eye: a visible object.
3. Manifest; apparent: no visible solution to the problem.
4. On hand; available: a visible supply.
5. Constructed or designed to keep important parts in easily accessible view: a visible file.
6. Represented visually, as by symbols.
2. capable of being perceived by the mind; evident: no visible dangers.
3. available: the visible resources.
5. (Economics) of or relating to the balance of trade: visible transactions.
1. capable of being seen; perceptible to the eye.
2. apparent; manifest; obvious: no visible means of support.
3. being constantly or frequently in the public view; conspicuous.
4. noting or pertaining to a system of keeping records or information that can be brought instantly to view: a visible index.
5. available or accessible; already existing, as goods in a warehouse.
6. prepared for visual presentation.
Visual means 'relating to sight'.
Visual jokes are an increasing part of modern fashion.
...exhibitions of the visual arts.
Something that is visible is large enough to be seen, or is in a position where it can be seen.
These tiny creatures are hardly visible to the naked eye.
Beyond them the volcano's peak, just visible from this angle, shone gold tinged with pink.
Adj. 1. visible - capable of being seen; or open to easy view; "a visible object"; "visible stars"; "mountains visible in the distance"; "a visible change of expression"; "visible files"
3. visible - present and easily available; "the cash on hand is adequate for current needs"; "emergency police were on hand in case of trouble"; "a visible supply"; "visible resources"
discernible, perceivable, perceptible, seeable, viewable, visual.
apparent, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, distinct, evident, manifest, noticeable, observable, obvious, patent, plain, pronounced.
Two or three farmhouses were visible through the haze, but in none of them, naturally, was a light.
Now if this were the case with the earth-- if, for example, Europe never saw the moon, and she was only visible at the antipodes, imagine to yourself the astonishment of a European on arriving in Australia.
He had not been forgetful of "Visible Speech" all this while, but had been making experiments with two remarkable machines--the phonautograph and the manometric capsule, by means of which the vibrations of sound were made plainly visible.
They were plainly visible, and the hands indicated the hour of eleven o'clock and twenty-five minutes.
Yet this strangest of all things that ever came to earth from outer space must have fallen while I was sitting there, visible to me had I only looked up as it passed.
The canal beneath the window looked like a black gulf; the opposite houses were barely visible as a row of shadows, dimly relieved against the starless and moonless sky.
They do not perceive the want of connection in their own writings, or the gaps in their systems which are visible enough to those who come after them.
For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference, is not an organic part of the whole.