From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Visualvisualvi‧su‧al1 /ˈvɪʒuəl/ ●●○W3AWL adjective [usually before noun]SIGHT/ABILITY TO SEErelating to seeing
Artists translate their ideas into visual images.
The tall tower adds to the visual impact of the building.Examples from the Corpusvisual• Teachers have been using visualaids in the classroom for decades.• The close association between the visual and the cultural may explain the reluctance of some teachers to give it much attention.• Indeed, the portrait must be considered one of the outstanding Romancontributions to the visualarts.• The trilogy will include previously unreleased footage as well as new visual effects and an enhancedsoundtrack.• The movie is greatly enhanced by its stunningvisual effects.• A presenter, after all, knows that a viewer has the visualevidence to check on what is being said.• The effects are simply terrific and create a visualextravaganzarare for television.• They sometimes react to just part of a visualimage, rather than the entire image.• a powerfulvisualimpact• Although in theoryPostscript could be viewed as a general purposeprogramminglanguage, it is strongly biassed towards visualrepresentation.• Children learn to read by interpretingvisualsymbols.visualvisual2 noun [usually plural]something such as a picture or the part of a film, video etc that you can see, as opposed to the parts that you hear
the film’s stunning visualsOriginvisual(1400-1500)Late Latinvisualis, from Latinvisus; → VISION
