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invisibility

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in·vis·i·ble  (n-vz-bl)
adj.
1. Impossible to see; not visible: Air is invisible.
2. Not accessible to view; hidden: mountain peaks invisible in the fog.
3. Not easily noticed or detected; inconspicuous: "The poor are politically invisible" (Michael Harrington).
4. Not published in financial statements: an invisible asset.
n.
One that is invisible.

in·visi·bili·ty, in·visi·ble·ness n.
in·visi·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.invisibility - the quality of not being perceivable by the eye
inconspicuousness - the quality of being not easily seen
physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
visibility, visibleness - quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye; "low visibility caused by fog"
Translations
invisibility [ɪnˌvɪzəˈbɪlɪtɪ] Ninvisibilidad f
invisibility [ɪnˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪti] n
[social group, element] → invisibilité f
(magical)invisibilité f
invisibility
invisibility [ɪnˌvɪzəˈbɪlɪtɪ] ninvisibilità
invisibility [ɪnˌvɪzəˈbɪlɪtɪ] ninvisibilità


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Its invisibility, and the mystery which was attached to it, made this organization doubly terrible.
Lloyd warmed to the talk in his nervous, jerky fashion, and was soon interrogating the physical properties and possibilities of invisibility.
His way of ignoring people whose presence inconvenienced him actually gave them, if they were sensitive to it, a feeling of invisibility, of nonexistence.
 
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