visual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɪʒwəl/ (US)
- /ˈvɪʒəl/ (UK)
- /ˈvɪʒuəl/ (US)
- /ˈvɪzjuːəl/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈvɪʒuːəl/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English visual, from French visuel, visual and directly from Late Latin vīsuālis (“of sight”), from vīsus (“sight, vision”) + -ālis (“adjective suffix”), from vidēre (“to see, perceive; look (at)”); see visage. By surface analysis, Latin vīsus + -ual.
Meanings
-
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.
2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
- (obsolete) That can be seen; visible.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| visuall | alternative, obsolete, rare | lexicographic | |
| most visual | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more visual | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
visually · VLOS · visual voicemail · visual arts · visual acuity · visual dictionary · visual migraine · visual magnitude · visual presenter · visual aid · supervisual · previsual · visual binary · visual text · visual pun · visual hole · visual angle · key visual · visual proximity · extravisual · visual field · visual effects · visual servoing · visuality · visual artist · subvisual · visual streak · visual pollution · visual art · visual cortex · psychovisual · visualize · hypervisual · visual yellow · neurovisual · visual novel · visual axis · visual white · visual programming language · visual merchandiser · visual rhyme · paravisual · nonvisual · geovisual · visual merchandising · visual area 4 · unvisual · visual poetry · visual purple · audiovisual · visualism · visual diary · visual snow · visual-shock kei · visual area V4 · musivisual · visual language · visualness · visual poem · visualise · visual kei · visualist · photovisual · quasivisual · visual space · visual display unit · televisual
Relateds
vision · evidence · visible · visionary · envisage · visage
Translations (36)
de visuell (related to or affecting the vision) · tr görsel (related to or affecting the vision) · hu vizuális (related to or affecting the vision) · ast visual (related to or affecting the vision) · el οπτικός (related to or affecting the vision) · io vidala (related to or affecting the vision) · ru зри́тельный (related to or affecting the vision) · pl wizualny (related to or affecting the vision) · be візуа́льны (related to or affecting the vision) · uk зорови́й (related to or affecting the vision) · ka ოპტიკური (related to or affecting the vision) · it visuale (related to or affecting the vision) · id visual (related to or affecting the vision) · tl tanawin (related to or affecting the vision) · bg зрителен (related to or affecting the vision) · ka ვიზუალური (related to or affecting the vision) · pt visual (related to or affecting the vision) · fi visuaalinen (related to or affecting the vision) · nn visuell (related to or affecting the vision) · da visuel (related to or affecting the vision) · cs zrakový (related to or affecting the vision) · ru визуа́льный (related to or affecting the vision) · la oculorum (related to or affecting the vision) · bg визуален (related to or affecting the vision) · ar بَصَرِيّ (related to or affecting the vision) · la visualis (related to or affecting the vision) · es visual (related to or affecting the vision) · fr visuel (related to or affecting the vision) · grc ὀπτικός (related to or affecting the vision) · ca visual (related to or affecting the vision) · nl visueel (related to or affecting the vision) · sh vidni (related to or affecting the vision) · ka მხედველობითი (related to or affecting the vision) · nb visuell (related to or affecting the vision) · gl visual (related to or affecting the vision) · uk візуа́льний (related to or affecting the vision)