invisibleadjective
uk/ɪnˈvɪz.ə.bəl/us/ɪnˈvɪz.ə.bəl/B2 impossible to see:
The aircraft is designed to be invisible to radar.
These bacteria are invisible unless viewed with a microscope.
[ before noun ] specialized finance & economics used to refer to money that is added to a country's economy by activities such as the service and financial industries rather than the production of goods in factories:
an increase in invisible exports
Tourism brings in 40 percent of the island's invisible earnings.
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- As the boat picked up speed, the coastline receded into the distance until finally it became invisible.
- The police found traces of blood on his jacket that were invisible to the naked eye.
- The sensor is able to detect invisible forms of radiation.
- The infrared rays are invisible except when viewed through a special filter.
- The fishing lines are almost invisible to the fish.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Indistinct & invisible
- blind
- blur
- blurred
- fuzzy
- inconspicuous
- indiscernible
- indistinct
- melt
- melt (away) into sth
- neutral
- not see hide nor hair of sb idiom
- see
- sink
- sink without (a) trace idiom
- smudged
- subtlety
- unclear
- unobtrusive
- vague
- wraith
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invisibly
adverb uk/ɪnˈvɪz.ə.bli/us/ɪnˈvɪz.ə.bli/
invisibility
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ɪnˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
The bits of gold in the sand were small to the point of invisibility (= so small that they almost could not be seen).