apparition
nounEtymology
From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.
- derived from apparitio
- derived from apparition
Definitions
An act of becoming visible
An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
- the sudden apparition of the Spaniards
- The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world.
The thing appearing
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
- […] which apparition, it seems, was you.
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
- The region's economy is buoyed by tourism driven by past apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
- The attic is said to be haunted by the ghostly apparition of a young girl who died there.
- He spoke to the apparition, and although its lips did not move, he somehow heard its reply.
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The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured
The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed,…
A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.
The neighborhood
- neighborapparent
- neighborappearance
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at apparition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at apparition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at apparition
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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