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visual

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪʒjʊəl, -zj-/

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Definition of visual

adjective

  • relating to seeing or sight:visual perception

noun

(usually visuals)
  • a picture, piece of film, or display used to illustrate or accompany something: the music should fit the visuals colour visuals of today’s models

Derivatives

visuality

Pronunciation: /-ʊˈalɪti/

noun

visually

adverb
[sentence adverb]:visually handicapped children visually, the performance was an exhilarating experience

Origin:

late Middle English (originally describing a beam imagined to proceed from the eye and make vision possible): from late Latin visualis, from Latin visus 'sight', from videre 'to see'. The current noun sense dates from the 1950s

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