Visual
adjective
1.
of or relating to seeing or sight:
a visual image.
2.
used in seeing:
the visual sense.
3.
optical.
4.
perceptible by the sense of sight; visible:
a visual beauty.
5.
perceptible by the mind; of the nature of a mental vision:
a visual impression captured in a line of verse.
noun
6.
Usually, visuals.
the picture elements, as distinguished from the sound elements, in films, television, etc.
photographs, slides, films, charts, or other visual materials, especially as used for illustration or promotion.
Compare audio, video.
7.
a rough, preliminary sketch of an advertising layout, showing possible arrangements of material.
Compare comprehensive (def 5).
8.
any item or element depending on the sense of sight.
adjective
1.
of, relating to, done by, or used in seeing: visual powers, visual steering
2.
another word for optical
3.
capable of being seen; visible
4.
of, occurring as, or induced by a mental image
noun
5.
a sketch to show the proposed layout of an advertisement, as in a newspaper
6.
(often pl) a photograph, film, or other display material
visual vi·su·al (vĭzh’ōō-əl)
adj.
Of or relating to the sense of sight.
Seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible.
Optical.
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- Visual-aid
noun 1. any of various materials depending on the sense of sight, as films, slides, photographs, etc., used as aids in teaching.
- Visual allesthesia
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- Visual angle
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- Visual aphasia
visual aphasia n. See alexia. Anomia. Not in technical use.