visibleness

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vis·i·ble

(vĭz′ə-bəl)

adj.

1. Possible to see; perceptible to the eye: a visible object.

a. Obvious to the eye: a visible change of expression.

b. Being often in the public view; conspicuous.

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.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vīsibilis, from vīsus, past participle of vidēre, to see; see vision.]

vis′i·ble·ness n.

vis′i·bly adv.

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visibleness - quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye; "low visibility caused by fog"

visibility

conspicuousness - high visibility

perceptibility - the property of being perceptible by the mind or the senses

visual range - distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye

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