Vis'i-ble, a.

a. [Fr. & Sp. visíble, Pr. vizible, vesible, visibil, Pg. visível, It. visibile, Lat. visibilis, from vidēre, visum, to see.]

1. Perceivable by the eye; to be seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper. “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 (Theol.), the apparent church of Christ; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the real or invisible church, consisting of sanctified persons.—Visible horizon, the apparent horizon. See APPARENT.