visualise — English Dictionary

Verb

1. Non-Oxford British spelling of visualize.

   Examples

   In our own poetry we get from [Geoffrey] Chaucer the first instance of self-analysis and description, the first case of visualising self.

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   The humanitarian, frequently ignoring hard reality, visualises one cosmopolitan community where justice and social sympathy measured in terms of some one set of units reign supreme.

   Trains have increased in weight far beyond anything visualised when the bridge was designed, but it has never undergone any major structural alterations, and continues to carry main-line traffic without weight restriction.

   Possible developments such as electric or diesel suburban services may be visualised when the town has grown sufficiently to justify them.

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   When small masses are to be detected, it is necessary to visualise as much of the lung as possible with as little structured noise as possible. This is accomplished with high-voltage, wide-latitude, image recording and possibly beam equalisation.

Verb

1. view the outline of by means of an X-ray

   Synonyms

   visualize

   Broader terms

   watchviewseecatchtake in

   Examples

   The radiologist can visualize the cancerous liver

2. form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract

   Synonyms

   visualize

   Broader terms

   imagineconceive ofideateenvisage

   Examples

   Mathematicians often visualize

3. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

   Synonyms

   visualizeenvisionprojectfancyseefigurepictureimage

   Broader terms

   imagineconceive ofideateenvisage

   Examples

   I can't see him on horseback!

   I can see what will happen

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   I can see a risk in this strategy

4. make visible

   Synonyms

   visualize

   Broader terms

   changealtermodify

   Examples

   With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized