Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being invisible; invisibility.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being invisible; invisibility.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state of being invisible; invisibility.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of not being perceivable by the eye

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Examples

  • I think the cheapness of storebought clothes now is partly a function of the "invisibleness" of the labor that goes into the materials and sewing...but that's a big topic for another post.

    Yet Another Midriff Variation - A Dress A Day 2006

  • I couldn't tell from the photo how they worked, I chalked it up to their invisibleness.

    Make Invisible Speakers By Sacrificing Six Books | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • I couldn't tell from the photo how they worked, I chalked it up to their invisibleness.

    Make Invisible Speakers By Sacrificing Six Books | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Ironic how Greg is so preoccupied with Edwards invisibleness, but almost never mentions, say, Richardson who has arguably more relevant experience than CEO combined.

    Edwards Pooh-Poohs Obama-Clinton Flap 2009

  • Gospel, an inwardness, and an invisibleness, about all great movements of Christ's Church, which ought to abash the hasty, talkative zeal of men into a reverent silence.

    Sermons. [Vol. I.] 1808-1892 1843

  • Three stories in three different historical periods, all of them previously visited by the director, dealing with romance and the way politics affect personal lives - and three stories told in an almost comatose rhythm, as Hou likes to tell stories, grasping invisibleness and the importance of apparently empty moments in a melancholic style.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • It Could Kill Faster than Smoking All over the last years the personal effects of electromagnetism induces its cost though attributable to its invisibleness, it represents a thief with no face.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2008

  • His notion of invisibleness of African Americans became a central theme and metaphor regarding race in America.)

    SeeLight: 2007

  • His notion of invisibleness of African Americans became a central theme and metaphor regarding race in America.)

    One African American Reading List 2007

  • "Well, then, to put it in a nutshell," said the Chief Voice, "we've been waiting for ever so long for a nice little girl from foreign parts, like it might be you, Missie - that would go upstairs and go to the magic book and find the spell that takes off the invisibleness, and say it.

    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Lewis, C. S. 1952

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