visual

Meanings

Adjective

• Related to or affecting the vision.
• That can be seen; visible.

Noun

• Any element of something that depends on sight.
• An image; a picture; a graphic.
• All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
• A preliminary sketch.

Origin

• From Middle English vysual, from Old French, from Late Latin visualis ("of sight"), from Latin visus ("sight"), from videre, past participle visus; see visage.