visibility

Roget category 446

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#446. Visibility

noun

visibility, perceptibility — conspicuousness, distinctness etc. adj. — conspicuity^†, conspicuousness — appearance etc. 448 — bassetting^† — exposure — manifestation etc. 525 — ocular proof, ocular evidence, ocular demonstration — field of view etc. (vision) 441 — periscopism^†.

verb

be become visible etc. adj. — appear, open to the view — meet the eye, catch the eye — basset — present itself, show manifest itself, produce itself, discover itself, reveal itself, expose itself, betray itself — stand forth, stand out — materialize — show — arise — peep out, peer out, crop out — start up, spring up, show up, turn up, crop up — glimmer, loom — glare — burst forth — burst upon the view, burst upon the sight — heave in sight — come in sight, come into view, come out, come forth, come forward — see the light of day — break through the clouds — make its appearance, show its face, appear to one's eyes, come upon the stage, float before the eyes, speak for itself etc. (manifest) 525 — attract the attention etc. 457 — reappear — live in a glass house.
expose to view etc. 525.

adjective

visible, perceptible, perceivable, discernible, apparent — in view, in full view, in sight — exposed to view, en vidence — unclouded, unobscured^†, in the foreground.
obvious etc. (manifest) 525 — plain, clear, distinct, definite — well defined, well marked — in focus — recognizable, palpable, autoptical^† — glaring, staring, conspicuous — stereoscopic — in bold, in strong relief.
periscopic^†, panoramic.
before one's eyes, under one's eyes — before one, +a vue d'oeil [Fr.], in one's eye, oculis subjecta fidelibus [Lat.].

adverb

visibly etc. adj. — in sight of — before one's eyes etc. adj. — veluti in speculum [Lat.].

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