different between visual vs multisensory

English

Alternative forms

• visuall (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English vysual, from Old French, from Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), from Latin visus (“sight”), from videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see visage.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v????l/, /?v?zj??l/, /?v???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?v??u?l/, /?v??w?l/

Adjective

visual (comparative more visual, superlative most visual)

1. Related to or affecting the vision.
2. (obsolete) That can be seen; visible.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

visual (plural visuals)

1. Any element of something that depends on sight.
   • 2016, S. C. Sterling, Teenage Degenerate (page 5)

     It wasn't the first time I pulled an all-nighter, but normally I was coming off an acid trip and still seeing visuals dancing around in my head.

2. An image; a picture; a graphic.
3. (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
4. (advertising) A preliminary sketch.

Derived terms

• have a visual on

Further reading

• visual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• visual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Auvils

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

visual (epicene, plural visuales)

1. visual

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /vi.zu?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bi.zu?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

visual (masculine and feminine plural visuals)

1. visual

Derived terms

• audiovisual
• visualitzar
• visualment

Further reading

• “visual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “visual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “visual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “visual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

visual m or f (plural visuais)

1. visual

Derived terms

• visualmente

Further reading

• “visual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), from Latin visus (“sight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vi?sual]
• Hyphenation: vi?su?al

Adjective

visual

1. visual,
   1. related to or affecting the vision.
   2. that can be seen; visible.

Affixations

Further reading

• “visual” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?z?al/

Noun

visual f (plural visuaj)

1. view

Adjective

visual

1. visual

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vizu?aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi?zwa?/

Adjective

visual m or f (plural visuais, comparable)

1. visual

Derived terms

• audiovisual
• visualmente

Further reading

• “visual” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin visu?lis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?swal/, [bi?swal]
• Hyphenation: vi?sual

Adjective

visual (plural visuales)

1. visual

Derived terms

• audiovisual
• visualmente
• campo visual

Further reading

• “visual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

multi- +? sensory

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ns??i

Adjective

multisensory (comparative more multisensory, superlative most multisensory)

1. Pertaining to the integration of information from different sensory modalities

   One multisensory process is the integration of visual and auditory information in the perception of speech.

Translations

• Italian: multisensoriale (it)