naked
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈneɪ.kɪd/
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a simple vista
- At magnitude 5.4, Vesta can be seen with the naked eye from a dark site.
- the naked eye
- seen with the naked eye
- visible to the naked eye
All right, if you talk about astrophysics, do you know how many stars the naked eye can see at night?
- All right, if you talk about astrophysics, do you know how many stars the naked eye can see at night?
- You're saying that they did this out of granite by hand, by with the naked eye, No measuring.
- So you don't have to get way down, super microscopic, but you can't see them with the naked eye.
- It almost looks HD, but with night vision, you can pick up infrared light that you can't with the naked eye.
- And one of the real pernicious challenges of lead is that it is invisible to the naked eye.
- I would feel energy, I would sense vibration, I would see particles move with my naked eye and I just didn't know what it was.
Examples
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M47 shines at 4th magnitude, bright enough to pick up easily with the naked eye from a dark-sky site.
Academic text (2006) -
So yeah, anything that you see with your naked eye pretty much is going to be a star.
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With the naked eye, Peter... what do you see now?
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To the naked eye, a suit appears to consist of two parts...
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To be able to see that atom with your naked eye, it's pretty impressive, incredible in fact.
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OK, How many stars can you see with the naked eye on a perfect night on a mountaintop?
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All right, if you talk about astrophysics, do you know how many stars the naked eye can see at night?
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To the naked eye, it's a sequence of meaningless numbers and letters.
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At magnitude 5.7, it glows bright enough to glimpse with the naked eye from a dark-sky site.
Academic text (2007) -
You can observe the planets and some stars with the naked eye on a clear night.
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7.3
A small almost hairless African animal that lives underground in large groups like ants
- Specialized
To sell a right to buy or sell a stock without owning it and risk large losses
A simple card game for two players where one player tries to win all the other player's cards
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Etymology
Naked comes from an old English word nacod meaning 'without cover', and that 'without' idea is used in phrases like the naked eye — the eye 'without' tools. So the naked eye means the 'unaided' eye, not using any instrument.