visual appearance

collocation in English

meaningsofvisualandappearance

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visual
adjective
uk
/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl/us
/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl/
relating ...
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appearance
noun
uk
/əˈpɪə.rəns/us
/əˈpɪr.əns/
an occasion when someone appears ...
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(Definition ofvisualandappearancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvisual appearance

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Pots are purchased largely on the basis ofvisualappearance.
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Allvisualappearanceresults from visual processing; this does not distinguish color from anything else.
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Unfortunately, thevisualappearanceof the waveform has very little to do with the audible timbre.
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The adolescent singers in this study were not necessarily concerned with theirvisualappearancein a singing performance.
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I propose that visual imagery is equivalent to the explicit recall of semantic knowledge of thevisualappearanceof things.
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But they are completely unable to imagine thevisualappearanceof a bear and not just that of its ears!
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The ethical consequences of inscribing performance within the text continue if we focus on itsvisualappearance.
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A proportioning of a spatial or of a two-dimensional construction can thus only transform itsvisualappearanceinto a state of general static balance.
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This person actually provided, with the poem, a detailed outline of the project'svisualappearance: what objects would be present and the general nature of the costumes.
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The more likely hypothesis that these patients have lost knowledge of thevisualappearanceof only one category of things calls for a theory of that knowledge.
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Thevisualappearanceof the paper evolved.
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The second difference is thevisualappearance.
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If only this knowledge is lost, patients are unable to imagine thevisualappearanceof objects although the knowledge embedded in recognition enables them to recognize the same objects.
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Property along the route is blighted, landowners can suffer severely financially, and thevisualappearanceof the authorised alignment deteriorates.
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Apart from thevisualappearanceof streets, the noise level can be reduced by traffic-calming measures.
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This causes thevisualappearanceof a fluidly rotating object.
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Thevisualappearanceof the game is highly unusual.
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A record of thevisualappearanceof the cervix is a requirement on the pathology request form only in cases of suspected abnormality.
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The cervical cytology request form does not require smear takers to describe thevisualappearanceof the cervix in all cases.
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The term glyph is used to describe a particularvisualappearanceof a character.
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In addition to their unsightlyvisualappearance, two specific weaknesses of seawalls exist.
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In clarification, large particles that affect thevisualappearanceof the wine are removed.
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The band became known for its strongvisualappearance, which included horror film-styled makeup.
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The name worm describes itsvisualappearanceas a line graph snaking up or down.
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