invisible
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Invisible \In*vis"i*ble\, n.
1. An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the
Supreme Being.
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2. A Rosicrucian; -- so called because avoiding declaration
of his craft. [Obs.]
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3. (Eccl. Hist.) One of those (as in the 16th century) who
denied the visibility of the church. --Shipley.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Invisible \In*vis"i*ble\, a. [F. invisible, L. invisibilis. See
{In-} not, and {Visible}.]
1. Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not
visible. Specifically:
(a) Not visible due to an inherent property, such as lack
of color; as, the invisible air; invisible ink;
(b) hidden from view; out of sight;
(c) Not perceptible due to lack of light;
(d) Too small or too distant to be perceived; as, people
on the ground invisible at cruising altitude.
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To us invisible, or dimly seen
In these thy lowest works. --Milton.
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2. Hidden from the public; as, invisible transactions.
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3. imperceptible to the mind; as, differences invisible to
most observers.
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{Invisible bird} (Zool.), a small, shy singing bird
({Myadestes sibilons}), of St. Vincent Islands.
{Invisible green}, a very dark shade of green, approaching to
black, and liable to be mistaken for it.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "invisible":
atomic, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, camouflaged,
concealed, corpuscular, covered, disguised, embryonic, evanescent,
germinal, granular, hidden, impalpable, imperceptible,
imponderable, inappreciable, indiscernible, infinitesimal,
insensible, intangible, latent, masked, microcosmic, microscopic,
molecular, out of sight, secret, sightless, subatomic, submerged,
tenuous, thin, ultramicroscopic, unapparent, unappreciable,
unbeheld, unbeholdable, undetected, undiscernible, undisclosed,
undiscovered, undivulged, unexplained, unexplored, unexposed,
unnoticed, unobservable, unobserved, unperceivable, unperceived,
unrealized, unrevealed, unseeable, unseen, unsolved, unspied,
untraced, untracked, unviewed, unwitnessed, veiled, viewless
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