VISIBILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does visibility mean? 

• VISIBILITY (noun)
  The noun VISIBILITY has 3 senses:

1. quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye

2. degree of exposure to public notice

3. capability of providing a clear unobstructed view

  Familiarity information: VISIBILITY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VISIBILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

visibility; visibleness

Context example:

low visibility caused by fog

Hypernyms ("visibility" is a kind of...):

perceptibility (the property of being perceptible by the mind or the senses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visibility"):

conspicuousness (high visibility)

visual range (distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye)

Antonym:

invisibility (the quality of not being perceivable by the eye)

Derivation:

visible (capable of being seen; or open to easy view)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Degree of exposure to public notice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

profile; visibility

Context example:

that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election

Hypernyms ("visibility" is a kind of...):

salience; saliency; strikingness (the state of being salient)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visibility"):

low profile (a state of low visibility in which public notice is avoided)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Capability of providing a clear unobstructed view

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

a windshield with good visibility

Hypernyms ("visibility" is a kind of...):

clarity; clearness; uncloudedness (the quality of clear water)

 Context examples 

Issue associated with the visibility of molds, mildews, yeasts, and/or mushrooms in the immediate environment in which a device is being used.

(Fungus in Medical Device Environment, Food and Drug Administration)

Like other organic iodine compounds, this agent blocks x-rays and appears opaque on x-ray film thus, enhancing the visibility of body parts containing this agent.

(Iobitridol, NCI Thesaurus)

Like other organic iodine compounds, this agent blocks x-ray and appears opaque on x-ray film; thereby it enhances the visibility of the bile ducts and gallbladder during cholangiography and cholecystography procedures.

(Iodipamide Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue associated with the visibility, odor, or toxicity of an ambient vapor or gas which affects the operation of the device.

(Fume or Vapor in Medical Device Environment, Food and Drug Administration)

Issue associated with the visibility of water vapor in the immediate atmosphere in which the device is being used.

(Fogging in Medical Device Environment, Food and Drug Administration)

While pilots rely on radio signals, advanced computations and other tools to keep them on course during strong crosswinds, birds can naturally navigate these demanding conditions — in environments with little visibility.

(Scientists discover how birds navigate crosswinds, National Science Foundation)

Like other organic iodine compounds, this agent blocks x-rays and appears opaque on x-ray film; thereby it enhances the visibility of the bile ducts and gallbladder during cholangiography and cholecystography procedures.

(Iodipamide, NCI Thesaurus)

However, both Inumet and Brazilian meteorological company MetSul agreed that visibility has not been affected so far.

(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)

The universe felt you were ready for more responsibility, visibility, influence, and reward, and so set out to give you more opportunities to show what you had in you but previously had no way to demonstrate it.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

For instance: Opportunity, as a solar powered rover, would have to hunker down to save energy; the upcoming InSight lander's parameters would need to be adjusted for safe entry, descent and landing in November; and all the cameras on rovers and orbiters would need to deal with low visibility.

(Dust Storms Linked to Gas Escape from Mars Atmosphere, NASA)