visual Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or using sight
    ocular; optical; optic.
    • ocular inspection
    • an optical illusion
    • visual powers
    • visual navigation
  2. adjective satellite visible; give me the ocular proof"- Shakespeare
    ocular.
    • be sure of it
    • a visual presentation
    • a visual image

WordNet

Vis"u*al adjective
Etymology
L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See Vision.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.
    The air, Nowhere so clear, sharpened his visual ray. Milton.
  2. That can be seen; visible. R.

Webster 1913