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Definition of Apparent

Apparent
Apparent Ap*par"ent, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See Appear.] 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. --Shak. 3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. --Macaulay. What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid. Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. Apparent time. See Time. Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive. Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.

Meaning of Apparent from wikipedia

- Apparent may refer to: Apparent magnitude, a measure of brightness of a celestial body as seen by an observer on Earth Apparent places, the actual coordinates...
- An heir apparent is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who...
- Apparent magnitude (m) is a measure of the brightness of a star, astronomical object or other celestial objects like artificial satellites. Its value depends...
- Apparent death is a behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead. It is an immobile state most often triggered by a predatory attack...
- In physics, apparent weight is a property of objects that corresponds to how heavy an object appears to be. The apparent weight of an object will differ...
- Apparent motion may refer to: Aberration of light, an apparent shift in position of celestial objects due to the finite speed of light and the motion of...
- The apparent place of an object is its position in space as seen by an observer. Because of physical and geometrical effects it may differ from the "true"...
- In fluid mechanics, apparent viscosity (sometimes denoted η) is the shear stress applied to a fluid divided by the shear rate: η = τ γ ˙ {\displaystyle...
- Apparent temperature, also known as "feels like", is the temperature equivalent perceived by humans, caused by the combined effects of air temperature...
- In general relativity, an apparent horizon is a surface that is the boundary between light rays that are directed outwards and moving outwards and those...