visualizableadj.
/ˈvɪʒjᵿlʌɪzəbl/, /ˈvɪʒjʊəlʌɪzəbl/, /ˈvɪzjᵿlʌɪzəbl/, /ˈvɪzjʊəlʌɪzəbl/, U.S. /ˈvɪʒ(ə)wəˌlaɪzəb(ə)l/, /ˈvɪʒəˌlaɪzəb(ə)l/Thesaurus »
1. Capable of being visualized.
1956 E. H. Hutten Lang. Mod. Physics v. 202 The models may overlap, in part, and they may become more ‘abstract’, i.e. less visualisable.
1968 Amer. Speech 43 5 In the world of reality for which the elements of language are symbols, there are no visualizable objects which correspond to adjective symbols.
2. Capable of being rendered visible.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > capable of being made
visualizable1980
1980 Nature 8 May 100/1 We think it unlikely that the large visualizable deposits in the older birds are more than epiphenomenal.
Draft additions 1993
ˌvisualizaˈbility n.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > making visible > capability of being visualized or made visible
visualizability1965
1965 A. Sen & R. N. Sen tr. Kuznetsov & Omel′yanovskii Philos. Probl. Elem. Particle Physics 232 Analysis of the question of visualizability and models is one of the most important methodological problems raised by the development of modern science and, in particular, by that of microworld physics.
1985 Nature 25 Apr. 689/2 There are limitations on the possibility of unambiguous intuitive visualizability of the properties of matter at the quantum level.
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