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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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13 words match “VISIBILITY”

VISIBILITY n.
The quality or state of being visible.
DIVISIBILITY n.
being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation. Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.
INDIVISIBILITY n.
The state or property of being indivisible or inseparable; inseparability. Locke.
INVISIBILITY n.
The state or quality of being invisible; also, that which is invisible. "Atoms and invisibilities." Landor.
APPARITION n.
The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott.
IMPARITY n.
Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness. [R.]
IMPARTIBILITY n.
The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. Holland.
INDIVISIBLENESS n.
The state of being indivisible; indivisibility. W. Montagu.
INVISIBLE n.
One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church. Shipley.
INVISIBLENESS n.
The quality or state of being invisible; invisibility.
PARTIBILITY n.
The quality or state of being partible; divisibility; separability; as, the partibility of an inherttance.
SEPARABILITY n.
Quality of being separable or divisible; divisibility; separableness.
SIGHT n.
The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.