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the absence of evidence that somehow runs your whole life
means Not able to be seen, whether literally hidden from sight or simply overlooked.
from From Latin 'invisibilis' — 'in-' (not) plus 'visibilis' (able to be seen), from 'videre,' to see. The same 'videre' fans out into a huge family: vision, video, evident, survey, even 'idea' through its Greek cousin. So 'invisible' is, quite literally, the un-seeable — built from the same root that gave us every word for looking.
- true invisibility
- would require eyes that catch no light, leaving you blind
- clear creatures
- glass frogs reveal their beating hearts through transparent skin
- dark matter
- makes up most of the universe, never seen
- air
- the most ignored thing keeping you alive
- radio waves
- invisible light flooding the room you sit in
the invisible man — h.g. wells' 1897 novel about a scientist who discovers invisibility serum
invisible ink — substance used by spies and children since at least the 18th century to write hidden messages
invisible hand — adam smith's 1776 economic concept describing how self-interest drives market efficiency