apparent : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
  visible horizon; skyline; sensible horizon; horizon.
  

WordNet

• the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon.

Webster 1913

• noun an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
  motion; movement; apparent motion.
  
  • the cinema relies on apparent motion
  • the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement

WordNet

• noun an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
  motion; movement; apparent motion.
  
  • the cinema relies on apparent motion
  • the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement

WordNet

• . See Time.
• the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit of the sun's center over the meridian.

Webster 1913

• noun an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor
  

WordNet

• (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive.

Webster 1913