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invisible

adjective
 
 
/ɪnˈvɪz.ɪ.bl̩/

Definition

B2 impossible to see: The aircraft is designed to be invisible to radar. These bacteria are invisible unless viewed with a microscope.Indistinct and invisible [before noun] specialized describes money that is added to a country's economy by activities such as the service and financial industries rather than the production of goods in factories: an increase in invisible exports Tourism brings in 40 percent of the island's invisible earnings.Economics and the state of the economy invisibly
 
 
/-bli/ adverb
Indistinct and invisible
invisibility
 
 
/ɪnˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ US  /-ə.t̬i/ noun [U]
The bits of gold in the sand were small to the point of invisibility (= so small that they almost could not be seen).Indistinct and invisible
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