visual

[ vizh-oo-uh l ]
/ ˈvɪʒ u əl /

adjective

noun

Origin of visual

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin vīsuālis, equivalent to vīsu(s) sight ( vid(ēre) to see + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > s) + -ālis -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM visual

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH visual

visible visual

Words nearby visual

visser 't hooft, vista, vistadome, vistaed, vistula, visual, visual acuity, visual aid, visual aids, visual album, visual allesthesia

Example sentences from the Web for non-visual

  • It's just that their aboutness can't be translated into non-visual terms.

    An Einstein Eye |Blake Gopnik |May 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

  • In the heating of solid bodies to incandescence, this non-visual emission is the necessary basis of the visual.

    Six Lectures on Light |John Tyndall

British Dictionary definitions for non-visual

visual
/ (ˈvɪʒʊəl, -zjʊ-) /

adjective

of, relating to, done by, or used in seeing visual powers; visual steering
another word for optical
capable of being seen; visible
of, occurring as, or induced by a mental image

noun

a sketch to show the proposed layout of an advertisement, as in a newspaper
(often plural) a photograph, film, or other display material

Derived forms of visual

visually, adverb

Word Origin for visual

C15: from Late Latin vīsuālis, from Latin vīsus sight, from vidēre to see

Medical definitions for non-visual

visual
[ vĭzh′ōō-əl ]

adj.

Of or relating to the sense of sight.
Seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible.
Optical.