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VISIBILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capability of providing a clear unobstructed view
Example:
a windshield with good visibility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("visibility" is a kind of...):
clarity; clearness; uncloudedness (the quality of clear water)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye
Example:
low visibility caused by fog
Synonyms:
visibility; visibleness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("visibility" is a kind of...):
perceptibility (the property of being perceptible by the mind or the senses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visibility"):
conspicuousness (high visibility)
visual range (distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye)
Antonym:
invisibility (the quality of not being perceivable by the eye)
Derivation:
visible (capable of being seen; or open to easy view)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Degree of exposure to public notice
Example:
that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election
Synonyms:
profile; visibility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("visibility" is a kind of...):
salience; saliency; strikingness (the state of being salient)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visibility"):
low profile (a state of low visibility in which public notice is avoided)
Context examples:
Like other organic iodine compounds, ioxaglic acid blocks x-rays and appears opaque on x-ray film, thereby enhancing the visibility of structure and organs during angiography, arteriography, arthrography, cholangiography, urography, and computed tomography (CT) scanning procedures.
(Ioxaglic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Like other organic iodine compounds, iothalamic acid blocks x-ray and appears opaque on x-ray film, thereby enhancing the visibility of structure and organs during angiography, arteriography, arthrography, cholangiography, and computed tomography (CT) scanning procedures.
(Iothalamic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Another sector potentially affected by such events is aviation, since smoke clouds are found at the same altitude at which aeroplanes fly and particles can reduce visibility.
(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)
In Argentina, the smoke was visible to the naked eye from Patagonia, in the south of the country, to Santiago del Estero, in the north. The greatest concentrations were found at about 5,000 metres high, and therefore had no impact on surface visibility, according to the meteorological service.
(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)
