invisible
Americanadjective
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not visible; not perceptible by the eye.
invisible fluid.
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withdrawn from or out of sight; hidden.
an invisible seam.
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not perceptible or discernible by the mind.
invisible differences.
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not ordinarily found in financial statements or reflected in statistics or a listing.
Goodwill is an invisible asset to a business.
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concealed from public knowledge.
noun
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an invisible thing or being.
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the invisible, the unseen or spiritual world.
adjective
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not visible; not able to be perceived by the eye
invisible rays
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concealed from sight; hidden
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not easily seen or noticed
invisible mending
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kept hidden from public view; secret; clandestine
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economics of or relating to services rather than goods in relation to the invisible balance
invisible earnings
noun
Other Word Forms
- invisibility noun
- invisibleness noun
- invisibly adverb
- quasi-invisible adjective
- quasi-invisibly adverb
Etymology
Origin of invisible
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word invīsibilis. See in- 3, visible
Example Sentences
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The gold arrows were now traveling along the clear surface and seeping into the open book, like invisible ink.
From Literature
I stopped just before I stepped onto the land that now belonged to the DeLunas, and took a deep breath as I walked over that invisible boundary line.
From Literature
John McCutcheon, a biology professor at Arizona State University, studies the symbiotic relationships between insects and the invisible bacteria that live inside their cells.
From Los Angeles Times
"Migration and people who come from outside tend to be invisible to other people," he added.
From BBC
This policy, of course, relies on the assumption that the human operator can effectively audit a machine whose internal logic is often invisible.
From Salon
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