visible : Idioms & Phrases

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Depression of the visible horizon

  • . (Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip.
Webster 1913

visible balance

  • noun the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise
    trade gap; trade balance; balance of trade.
    • a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports
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Visible church

  • (Theol.), the apparent church of Christ on earth; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the invisible, or real, church, consisting of sanctified persons.
Webster 1913

Visible horizon

  • noun the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
    skyline; sensible horizon; horizon; apparent horizon.
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  • . Same as Apparent horizon, under Apparent.
Webster 1913

visible light

  • noun (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
    light; visible light.
    • the light was filtered through a soft glass window
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visible radiation

  • noun (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
    light; visible light.
    • the light was filtered through a soft glass window
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visible spectrum

  • noun the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism
    color spectrum.
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visible speech

  • noun a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century
  • noun spectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographically
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