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visual

adj
/ˈvɪʒuːəl/UK/ˈvɪʒuəl/US/ˈʋɪʃ(ʊ)ʋəl/

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.

  1. derived from vīsuālis
  2. derived from visuel
  3. inherited from visual

Definitions

  1. Related to or affecting the vision.

  2. That can be seen

    That can be seen; visible.

  3. Any element of something that depends on sight.

    • It wasn't the first time I pulled an all-nighter, but normally I was coming off an acid trip and still seeing visuals dancing around in my head.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. An image

      An image; a picture; a graphic.

    2. All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in…

      All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.

    3. A preliminary sketch.

    4. Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of…

      Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.

      • The visual where the trombone all threw their instruments into the air looked good.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at visual. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at visual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at visual

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA