visibility
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French visibilité, from Late Latin visibilitas; equivalent to visible + -ity.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/, /ˌvɪz.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
visibility (countable and uncountable, plural visibilities)
- (uncountable) The condition of being visible.
- (countable) The degree to which things may be seen.
- The visibility from that angle was good.
- (programming) The scope within which a variable or function is able to be accessed directly.
- (obsolete, rare) Something worthy of being seen; a sight.
- 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 658:
- ‘Sir, I have seen all the visibilities of Paris, and around it; but to have formed an acquaintance with the people there, would have required more time than I could stay.’
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degree to which things may be seen
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