obvious; ostensible, pretended
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Apparent Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Apparent Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
An heir apparent.
An heir apparent.
(a.)
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
(a.)
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
(a.)
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAppearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
apparent
\ap*par"ent\ (&?;), a. [f. apparent, l. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. see appear.]
1. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. the moon apparent queen.
2. clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. it is apparent foul play.
3. appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. to live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. what berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.
apparent
horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon.
apparent
time. see time.
similar words(6)
apparent horizon
apparent movement
apparent time
heir apparent
apparent diameter
apparent magnitude
Easily understood.
Amlwg = a. apparent, evident
Drychioli = v. to make apparent
Drychu = v. to make apparent
Edlin = n. heir apparent
Gorliw = n. an apparent hue
Gwrith = n. what is apparent
Rhithiol = a. appearing, apparent
Adjective
1. clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
(synonym) evident, manifest, patent, plain
(similar) obvious
2. appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
(synonym) apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)
(similar) superficial
3. readily apparent to the eye; "angry for no apparent reason"; "had no visible means of support"
(similar) visible, seeable
Apparent Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The apparent voltage, as measured by the drop in pressure due to a current flowing through a resistance.
Apparent Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Apparent may refer to:
- Apparent magnitude, measure of brightness of a celestial body as seen by an observer on Earth
- Heir apparent, person who is first in line of succession
- Apparent death, an antipredator behavior known as playing dead
- Apparent wind, wind experienced by a moving object
- Eire Apparent, band from Northern Irela
- Apparent authority (or ostensible authority) relates to the doctrines of the law of agency
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Apparent Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Not intrinsic, but dependent on the position or distance of an observer.
