visibleness
NounSynonyms:
visibility
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye“low visibility caused by fog”Synonyms: visibilityType of perceptibilityKinds visual range, conspicuousness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“visibleness” is listed under Visible.
Vis′i·ble adjective
Origin: L. visibilis, fr. videre, visum, to see: cf. F. visible. See Vision.
1. Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper.
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.— Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Virtue made visible in outward grace.— Edward Young
2. Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous. William Shakespeare
The factions at court were greater, or more visible, than before.— Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon
Visible church Theology, the apparent church of Christ on earth; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the invisible, or real, church, consisting of sanctified persons. — Visible horizon. Same as Apparent horizon, under Apparent.
— Vis′wb-a1′>′i·ble·ness, noun — Vis′wb-a1′>′i·bly, adverb
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54