Etymology
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From Middle French visibilité , from Late Latin visibilitas ; equivalent to visible + -ity .
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( UK , US ) IPA (key ) : /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ , /ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ , /ˌvɪz.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
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visibility (countable and uncountable , plural visibilities )
( uncountable ) The condition of being visible .
( countable ) The degree to which things may be seen .
The visibility from that angle was good.
( programming ) The scope within which a variable or function is able to be accessed directly.
( obsolete , rare ) Something worthy of being seen; a sight .
1791 , James Boswell , Life of Johnson , Oxford, published 2008 , page 658 :‘Sir, I have seen all the visibilities of Paris, and around it; but to have formed an acquaintance with the people there, would have required more time than I could stay.’
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degree to which things may be seen
Arabic: رُؤْيَة f ( ruʔya )
Asturian: visibilidá f
Belarusian: ві́дзімасць f ( vídzimascʹ ) , ба́чнасць f ( báčnascʹ ) , ба́чымасць f ( báčymascʹ ) , відо́масць f ( vidómascʹ )
Bulgarian: ви́димост (bg) f ( vídimost )
Catalan: visibilitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 能見度 / 能见度 (zh) ( néngjiàndù ) , 可見度 / 可见度 (zh) ( kějiàndù )
Czech: viditelnost f
Danish: synlighed c
Dutch: zichtbaarheid (nl) c
Estonian: nähtavus
Finnish: näkyvyys (fi)
French: visibilité (fr) f
Galician: visibilidade (gl) f
Georgian: ხილვადობა ( xilvadoba ) , ხილულობა ( xiluloba )
German: Sicht (de) f , Sichtbarkeit (de) f , Sichtverhältnisse f , Sichtweite (de) f
Hungarian: láthatóság (hu)
Interlingua: visibilitate
Irish: infheictheacht f , léargas m , feiceáil f
Italian: visibilità (it) f
Japanese: 可視 (ja) ( かし, kashi ) , 顕在 (ja) ( けんざい, kenzai )
Korean: 시정(視程) (ko) ( sijeong )
Latin: visibilitas f
Latvian: redzamība f
Macedonian: видливост f ( vidlivost )
Polish: widoczność (pl) f
Portuguese: visibilidade (pt) f
Romanian: vizibilitate (ro) f
Russian: ви́димость (ru) f ( vídimostʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вѝдљиво̄ст f
Roman: vìdljivōst (sh) f
Slovak: viditeľnosť f
Slovene: vidljivost f
Spanish: visibilidad (es) f
Swedish: synlighet (sv) c
Ukrainian: ви́димість f ( výdymistʹ )
Welsh: gwelededd m