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invisible

American  
[in-viz-uh-buhl] / ɪnˈvɪz ə bəl /

adjective

  1. not visible; not perceptible by the eye.

    invisible fluid.

  2. withdrawn from or out of sight; hidden.

    an invisible seam.
    Synonyms:
    obscure, veiled

  3. not perceptible or discernible by the mind.

    invisible differences.

  4. not ordinarily found in financial statements or reflected in statistics or a listing.

    Goodwill is an invisible asset to a business.

  5. concealed from public knowledge.

noun

  1. an invisible thing or being.

  2. the invisible, the unseen or spiritual world.

invisible British  
/ ɪnˈvɪzəbəl /

adjective

  1. not visible; not able to be perceived by the eye

    invisible rays

  2. concealed from sight; hidden

  3. not easily seen or noticed

    invisible mending

  4. kept hidden from public view; secret; clandestine

  5. economics of or relating to services rather than goods in relation to the invisible balance

    invisible earnings
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. economics an invisible item of trade; service

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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Using a laser, the team temporarily made proteins invisible in a strip at the back of a living cell to track how they moved.

From Science Daily

Jim Pearson, the charity's deputy chief executive and chairman of Childhood Dementia Scotland, said in the report that childhood dementia remained "largely invisible" within health, social care and education systems.

From BBC

It is also cutting deeply into supplies of the invisible gas that is essential for cooling artificial-intelligence chip-making tools and keeping MRI scanners humming.

From The Wall Street Journal

If you were Indian, you knew all about Sandy June’s, eventually—and if you’re Indian from around here, how to find the Bench Tree opening, a nearly invisible entrance.

From Literature

“Forget it,” he says, like I’m invisible, a nothing.

From Literature

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