visual

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   visible

   I enjoy the visual arts.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to or using sight

   My visual abilities were impaired by the smoke grenade.

3. 3
   adj

   Related to or affecting the vision.

   Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.

4. 4
   noun

   Any element of something that depends on sight.

   It wasn't the first time I pulled an all-nighter, but normally I was coming off an acid trip and still seeing visuals dancing around in my head.

5. 5
   noun

   Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.

   The visual where the trombone all threw their instruments into the air looked good.

6. 6
   adj

   That can be seen; visible.

7. 7
   noun

   An image; a picture; a graphic.

8. 8
   noun

   All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.

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.