visibilityn.

Brit.

/ˌvɪzᵻˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌvɪzəˈbɪlᵻdi/

Etymology: < late Latin vīsibilitāt-, vīsibilitās (Tertullian), < Latin vīsibilis : see visibilize v. and -ity suffix. So French visibilité (Old French visibleté), Italian visibilità, Spanish visibilidad, Portuguese -idade.

1. The condition, state, or fact of being visible; visible character or quality; capacity of being seen (in general, or under special conditions).

a. Of the Church, a kingdom, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > of church or kingdom

visibility1581

1581 W. Fulke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) ii. sig. H ij b What visibilitie could there be in those daies.., when there was no face at all of an outward Church?

a1591 H. Smith Gods Arrowe (1593) L j And consequently visibility (which the Papists make a marke of the Church) is no perpetuall marke thereof.

1629 H. Lynde Via Tuta Ep. Ded. 1 That the world may know, it is no difficult matter for a meane Lay-man to prooue the ancient visibilitie of the Protestant profession.

a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) 53 He maintained the constant and perpetual visibility of the Church of Christ.

1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant 49 If Christ did indeed promise the perpetual visibility of his Church.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles xix. 183 Another question may arise out of the first words of this Article, concerning the Visibility of this Church.

1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iv. §29. 315 The visibility of the Theocracy gradually grew fainter and fainter from the first establishment of a visible monarchy.

1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xv. 18 The kingdom thus rising into visibility never again disappears from the earth.

b. Of things in general.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun]

visibleness1581

visibility1614

discernableness1662

perceptibleness1709

discernibleness1727

seeableness1830

observability1833

1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xxx. §5 The actual visibility of colours wholly depends upon the light as well for existence as duration.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 74 Where there is not so much as a seeming or visibility, there is no evidence.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 407 The Sun gives to things not only their Visibility, but also their Generation.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War v. v, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 893 This gate had no doors: for it represented the universal visibility of heaven.

1772 H. Barnes Notes Cases Court of Common Pleas 1732–56 322 The Affidavits as to Defendant's Visibility were fully answered, and his total Absconding proved.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxv. 54 They considered the visibility of matter not a necessary consequence of it's creation.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab Notes 169 But the God of Theologians is incapable of local visibility.

1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 44 The visibility of the effect depends on the distance of the object from the object-glass.

1882 Procter Fam. Sci. Stud. 35 The comet..attracted more attention when it had passed from view than..during the brief period of its visibility.

c. spec. The possibility of (a vessel, etc.) being seen under the conditions of distance, light, atmosphere, etc., existing at a particular time; hence conversely, the possibility of seeing, or the range of vision, under such conditions.Cf. Harbord Gloss. Navig. (1863), s.v. Weather notation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > with respect to conditions

visibility1914

vis1943

1914 tr. Baudry's Naval Battle 265 The radius of visibility must fix the maximum time allowable for final preparations.

1916 J. Jellicoe Disp. 24 June in Battle of Jutland 62 The visibility early on 1st June (three to four miles) was less than on 31st May.

d. figurative. The degree to which something impinges upon public awareness; prominence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > quality of > degree of

visibility1958

1958 J. G. March & H. A. Simon Organizations iv. 103 The greater the prestige of the organization..the greater the visibility of the organization.

1975 New Yorker 26 May 28/1 These are busy times, and our report doesn't have so very much visibility.

1981 Nordic Skiing Jan. 10/3 The purpose of the team is to increase skiing's visibility in this country.

1984 Observer 5 Aug. 15/1 From a business standpoint, the visibility Carl receives during the Olympic Games can enhance his value to the companies.

a. With a and plural. A visible thing or object.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > that which is visible

seen1577

visible1614

visibility1628

ocular1648

observable1660

the visible1744

seeable1802

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xcii. sig. Aa7 St. Paul grants, that they may know God, through the visibilities in his Workes.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 9 The beatitude of that part which earth and visibilities too weakly affect.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. §1. 27 It cannot be natural flesh, however altered in circumstance and visibilities.

1828 T. Carlyle Goethe in Foreign Rev. 2 93 Mind, by being modelled in men's imaginations into a Shape, a Visibility..began to lose its immaterial, mysterious, divine though invisible character.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvi. 168 The Highest God dwells visible in that mystic unfathomable Visibility, which calls itself ‘I’ on the Earth.

†b. = sight n.¹ 1c. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > sights (of a place)

singularity1576

sights1632

videnda1765

visibility1775

1775 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1904) I. 624 Sir, I have seen all the visibilities of Paris, and around it.

†3. Appearance, aspect, look. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]

onseneeOE

bleea1000

shapeOE

ylikeOE

laitc1175

semblanta1225

sightc1275

fare1297

showingc1300

specea1325

parelc1330

guise1340

countenance1362

semblance?a1366

apparel1377

regardc1380

apparencec1384

imagec1384

spicec1384

overseeminga1398

kenninga1400

seemingc1400

visage1422

rinda1450

semenauntc1450

'pearance1456

outwardc1475

representation1489

favour?a1500

figurea1522

assemblant1523

prospect?1533

respect1535

visure1545

perceiverance1546

outwardshine1549

species1559

utter-shape1566

look1567

physiognomy1567

face1572

paintry1573

visor1575

mienc1586

superficies?1589

behaviour1590

aspect1594

complexion1597

confrontment1604

show1604

aira1616

beseeminga1616

formality1615

resemblancea1616

blush1620

upcomea1630

presentment1637

scheme1655

sensation1662

visibility1669

plumage1707

facies1727

remark1748

extrinsica1797

exterior1801

showance1820

the cut of one's jib1823

personnel1839

personal appearance1842

what-like1853

look-see1898

outwall1933

visuality1938

prosopon1947

1669 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 114 ‘And the City lieth four square’... Now both the City, Gates and Wall, were exactly in their Visibility according to the Word.

†4. The faculty or power of seeing; the exercise of this; sight, vision. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun]

i-sightc888

seneOE

lightOE

eyesightc1175

sightc1200

rewarda1382

seeingc1390

viewc1390

outwitc1400

starec1400

speculation1471

eyec1475

vision1493

ray1531

visive power1543

sightfulnessa1586

outsight1605

conspectuitya1616

visibility1616

optics1643

rock of eye1890

visuality1923

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Visibilitie, the abilitie or powre of seeing.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 19 Why they choose to live by custome and catalogue, or as S. Paul saith by sight and visibility, rather then by faith.

1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 42 The Fibers of Corn or Trees.., that in Clays and Loams have firm and holding Bottoms, and will lie two or three Years to visibility.

Compounds

visibility-proof adj.

ΚΠ

1928 Publishers' Weekly 22 Sept. 1117/2 The lettering is visibility proof and can be read from every seat [of the bus].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	visibility
释义	visibilityn. Brit. /ˌvɪzᵻˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌvɪzəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Etymology: < late Latin vīsibilitāt-, vīsibilitās (Tertullian), < Latin vīsibilis : see visibilize v. and -ity suffix. So French visibilité (Old French visibleté), Italian visibilità, Spanish visibilidad, Portuguese -idade. 1. The condition, state, or fact of being visible; visible character or quality; capacity of being seen (in general, or under special conditions). a. Of the Church, a kingdom, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > of church or kingdom visibility1581 1581 W. Fulke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) ii. sig. H ij b What visibilitie could there be in those daies.., when there was no face at all of an outward Church? a1591 H. Smith Gods Arrowe (1593) L j And consequently visibility (which the Papists make a marke of the Church) is no perpetuall marke thereof. 1629 H. Lynde Via Tuta Ep. Ded. 1 That the world may know, it is no difficult matter for a meane Lay-man to prooue the ancient visibilitie of the Protestant profession. a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) 53 He maintained the constant and perpetual visibility of the Church of Christ. 1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant 49 If Christ did indeed promise the perpetual visibility of his Church. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles xix. 183 Another question may arise out of the first words of this Article, concerning the Visibility of this Church. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iv. §29. 315 The visibility of the Theocracy gradually grew fainter and fainter from the first establishment of a visible monarchy. 1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xv. 18 The kingdom thus rising into visibility never again disappears from the earth. b. Of things in general. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] visibleness1581 visibility1614 discernableness1662 perceptibleness1709 discernibleness1727 seeableness1830 observability1833 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xxx. §5 The actual visibility of colours wholly depends upon the light as well for existence as duration. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 74 Where there is not so much as a seeming or visibility, there is no evidence. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 407 The Sun gives to things not only their Visibility, but also their Generation. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War v. v, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 893 This gate had no doors: for it represented the universal visibility of heaven. 1772 H. Barnes Notes Cases Court of Common Pleas 1732–56 322 The Affidavits as to Defendant's Visibility were fully answered, and his total Absconding proved. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxv. 54 They considered the visibility of matter not a necessary consequence of it's creation. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab Notes 169 But the God of Theologians is incapable of local visibility. 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 44 The visibility of the effect depends on the distance of the object from the object-glass. 1882 Procter Fam. Sci. Stud. 35 The comet..attracted more attention when it had passed from view than..during the brief period of its visibility. c. spec. The possibility of (a vessel, etc.) being seen under the conditions of distance, light, atmosphere, etc., existing at a particular time; hence conversely, the possibility of seeing, or the range of vision, under such conditions.Cf. Harbord Gloss. Navig. (1863), s.v. Weather notation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > with respect to conditions visibility1914 vis1943 1914 tr. Baudry's Naval Battle 265 The radius of visibility must fix the maximum time allowable for final preparations. 1916 J. Jellicoe Disp. 24 June in Battle of Jutland 62 The visibility early on 1st June (three to four miles) was less than on 31st May. d. figurative. The degree to which something impinges upon public awareness; prominence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > quality of > degree of visibility1958 1958 J. G. March & H. A. Simon Organizations iv. 103 The greater the prestige of the organization..the greater the visibility of the organization. 1975 New Yorker 26 May 28/1 These are busy times, and our report doesn't have so very much visibility. 1981 Nordic Skiing Jan. 10/3 The purpose of the team is to increase skiing's visibility in this country. 1984 Observer 5 Aug. 15/1 From a business standpoint, the visibility Carl receives during the Olympic Games can enhance his value to the companies. 2. a. With a and plural. A visible thing or object. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > that which is visible seen1577 visible1614 visibility1628 ocular1648 observable1660 the visible1744 seeable1802 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xcii. sig. Aa7 St. Paul grants, that they may know God, through the visibilities in his Workes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 9 The beatitude of that part which earth and visibilities too weakly affect. View more context for this quotation 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. §1. 27 It cannot be natural flesh, however altered in circumstance and visibilities. 1828 T. Carlyle Goethe in Foreign Rev. 2 93 Mind, by being modelled in men's imaginations into a Shape, a Visibility..began to lose its immaterial, mysterious, divine though invisible character. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvi. 168 The Highest God dwells visible in that mystic unfathomable Visibility, which calls itself ‘I’ on the Earth. †b. = sight n.¹ 1c. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > sights (of a place) singularity1576 sights1632 videnda1765 visibility1775 1775 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1904) I. 624 Sir, I have seen all the visibilities of Paris, and around it. †3. Appearance, aspect, look. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 1669 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 114 ‘And the City lieth four square’... Now both the City, Gates and Wall, were exactly in their Visibility according to the Word. †4. The faculty or power of seeing; the exercise of this; sight, vision. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] i-sightc888 seneOE lightOE eyesightc1175 sightc1200 rewarda1382 seeingc1390 viewc1390 outwitc1400 starec1400 speculation1471 eyec1475 vision1493 ray1531 visive power1543 sightfulnessa1586 outsight1605 conspectuitya1616 visibility1616 optics1643 rock of eye1890 visuality1923 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Visibilitie, the abilitie or powre of seeing. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 19 Why they choose to live by custome and catalogue, or as S. Paul saith by sight and visibility, rather then by faith. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 42 The Fibers of Corn or Trees.., that in Clays and Loams have firm and holding Bottoms, and will lie two or three Years to visibility. Compounds visibility-proof adj. ΚΠ 1928 Publishers' Weekly 22 Sept. 1117/2 The lettering is visibility proof and can be read from every seat [of the bus]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1581
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