Visible
Visible , adjective
[Latin visibilis, from videre, visum, to see: compare French visible. See Vision.]
1.
Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper.
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
Virtue made visible in outward grace.
2.
Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous. — Shakespeare
The factions at court were greater, or more visible, than before.
Collocations (2)
Visible church (Theology) , the apparent church of Christ on earth; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the invisible, or real, church, consisting of sanctified persons.
Visible horizon , Same as Apparent horizon, under Apparent.