visibility
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- noun
- /ˌvɪzəˈbɪləti/
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visibilidad
- In heavy fog, visibility can be reduced to just a few meters, making it dangerous to drive.
- low visibility
- zero visibility
- high visibility
The conditions were really, really rough, heavy snow, low visibility.
- The conditions were really, really rough, heavy snow, low visibility.
- Now if you're wondering why visibility to the back was so bad, the answer is because it looks like this.
- And that means that the visibility is, is seen is greater.
- But there's a problem, which is called the visibility problem.
Examples
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Visibility is about 3 miles on the deck.
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It's mucky and the visibility is poor.
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You have full visibility of each single case.
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But we need good weather for visibility, so it has to be fine.
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Zero visibility and likely no outside communication.
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The elevated cab places an operator high in the air to improve visibility in tight conditions.
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So long as the weather's clear and visibility good, full speed ahead.
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Visibility is near zero, and there's more snow expected tonight than Dallas usually sees in an entire year.
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Visibility is dropping.
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Offshore, near the limit of visibility, Abernathy saw a large cabin cruiser drifting in the current.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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The area you can see from one place
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The distance you can see a clear object like a flag with your eyes
How easy it is to see something
How easy something is to see or understand
Being easy to see or understand
How easy something is to see or understand
How easily sensors like radar can see or detect something
The ability of two places to see each other without anything blocking the view
Antonyms
Compounds
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Visibility comes from the Latin root vis meaning 'to see', the same root you find in vision and video. So visibility is about how easy something is 'to see', for example when fog makes the road hard to see.