invisibility
- noun
- /ɪnˌvɪzəˈbɪləti/
- Specialized
- For more than a decade, my colleagues and I have been studying a form of invisibility known as inattentional blindness.
- invisibility cloak
- spell of invisibility
- invisibility shield
And as of this video's publishing, you can now pre-order your very own invisibility shield.
- And as of this video's publishing, you can now pre-order your very own invisibility shield.
Examples
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So that's when they're doing a radar cross-section test, this is what they're looking for in a stealth airplane, something approaching invisibility.
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The window in his office is one-way glass, allowing Lamar to observe his sixteen men while cloaked in smoky invisibility.
Fiction book (1992) -
Will we achieve full invisibility with this?
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This is an actual invisibility shield.
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Sue, we need 30 seconds of invisibility.
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The invisibility of radiation is one of the biggest factors feeding this anxious fear.
Blog text (20) -
So you're the author of the newly released book Invisibility, the History and Science of How Not to be Seen.
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A cloak generated by the Grid afforded them invisibility over an area of four square yards.
Fiction book (2000) -
The shock of Kry-stin's scream had destroyed the concentration Lucius needed to maintain his spell of invisibility.
Fiction book (1992) -
Researchers are exploring the concept of invisibility to create advanced cloaking devices for military applications.
Synonyms
The state of not being able to be seen
A state of being very hard to notice
Antonyms
How Detectable
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Morphology
Etymology
Invisibility uses the same parts in- 'not' and visible 'able to be seen', but in science it means 'not seen by certain kinds of light or waves'. That's why engineers talk about making an object invisible by guiding light or other waves around it so it cannot be seen.