ocular, visual
(adjective) visible; “be sure of it; give me the ocular proof”- Shakespeare; “a visual presentation”; “a visual image”
ocular, optic, optical, visual
(adjective) relating to or using sight; “ocular inspection”; “an optical illusion”; “visual powers”; “visual navigation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
visual (comparative more visual, superlative most visual)
Related to or affecting the vision.
(obsolete) That can be seen; visible.
visual (plural visuals)
Any element of something that depends on sight.
An image; a picture; a graphic.
(in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
(advertising) A preliminary sketch.
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Source: Wiktionary
Vis"u*al, a. Etym: [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See Vision.]
1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. The air, Nowhere so clear, sharpened his visual ray. Milton.
2. That can be seen; visible. [R.] Visual angle. (Opt.) See under Angle.
– Visual cone (Persp.), a cone whose vertex is at the point of sight, or the eye.
– Visual plane, any plane passing through the point of sight.
– Visual point, the point at which the visual rays unite; the position of the eye.
– Visual purple (Physiol.), a photochemical substance, of a purplish red color, contained in the retina of human eyes and in the eyes of most animals. It is quickly bleached by light, passing through the colors, red, orange, and yellow, and then disappearing. Also called rhodopsin, and vision purple. See Optography.
– Visual ray, a line from the eye, or point of sight.
– Visual white (Physiol.), the final product in the action of light on visual purple. It is reconverted into visual purple by the regenerating action of the choroidal epithelium.
– Visual yellow (Physiol.), a product intermediate between visual purple and visual white, formed in the photochemical action of light on visual purple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
