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visual

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪʒuːəl/

The English word “visual” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Related to or affecting the vision.
  2. That can be seen; visible.

noun

  1. Any element of something that depends on sight.
  2. An image; a picture; a graphic.
  3. All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
  4. A preliminary sketch.
  5. Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.
  6. A hallucination perceived as seen by the eyes, such as from psilocybin.

Etymology

From Middle English visual, from French visuel, visual and directly from Late Latin vīsuālis (“of sight”), from vīsus (“sight, vision”) + -ālis (“adjective suffix”), from vidēre (“to see, perceive; look (at)”); see visage. By surface analysis, Latin vīsus + -ual.

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