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Visible(medicine)
visible(dictionary)
visible light(medicine)
visible spectrum(medicine)
Visible trade(finance)
Visible supply(finance)
Visible hand(finance)
Visible supply(money)
Thirty-day visible supply(money)

water-hammer (iou) and Visible (medicine)


water-hammer (iou)



water-hammer noun. E19.
[from WATER noun + HAMMER noun.]
An evacuated tube partly filled with water which falls on the end with a noise like that of a hammer when the tube is reversed, used to illustrate the fact that in a vacuum liquids and solids fall at the same rate. E19.
The (sound of) concussion or reverberation in a water pipe when the flow is suddenly stopped, when there is an airlock, or when steam is admitted. L19.
Medicine. Used attrib. to designate a jerky pulse with a full expansion followed by a sudden collapse. L19.

Visible (medicine)


visible


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." (Bk. Of Com. Prayer) "Virtue made visible in outward grace." (Young)

2. Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous. "The factions at court were greater, or more visible, than before." (Clarendon) Visible church, 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. Vis"ibleness, Vis"ibly.

Origin: L. Visibilis, fr. Videre, visum, to see: cf. F. Visible. See Vision.

Source: Websters Dictionary