Invisible
[ɪn'vɪzɪb(ə)l] or [ɪn'vɪzəbl]
Definition
(adj.) impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye; 'the invisible man'; 'invisible rays'; 'an invisible hinge'; 'invisible mending' .
Inputed by Alisa--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible.
(n.) An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
(n.) A Rosicrucian; -- so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
(n.) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Imperceptible, unseen, that cannot be seen.
Checked by Kathy
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See SELFISH]
SYN:Minute, atomic, ultimate
ANT:Divisible, discerptible, separable
Typist: Nelda
Definition
adj. not visible or capable of being seen—(Shak.) Invised′.—ns. Invisibil′ity Invis′ibleness.—adv. Invis′ibly.—Invisible Church (see Visible); Invisible green a shade of green so dark as to be almost black; Invisible ink (see Ink).
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Examples
- These gases, like air, are invisible, and were unknown to us for a long time. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- To die is to move on with the invisible. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And all the while they two were hovering, hesitating round the flame of some invisible declaration. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They are invisible rays transmitted through the air in a manner similar to light. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Thus I lean, O Invisible but felt! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Strenuously she claimed her connection with him, across the invisible space of the water. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The invisible government is malign. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The invisible real world of atoms and corpuscles has its beginning in the reason, the word. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Thus our breath, invisible in summer, becomes visible in winter. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Not invisible but unnoticed, Watson. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He held her in the hollow of his will, and she was soft, secret, invisible in her stirring there. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was invisible, buried in the mud. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Bella remaining invisible and silent, her father remained at his dessert and wine, until he remembered it was time for him to get home to Holloway. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The invisible countess carried out the Green at the usual stage of the entertainment, and the file of beauty was closed up by the bosom. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its starting point to-morrow. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Seth