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apparent (adjective), more apparent, most apparent
1. Characteristic of something that is easy to understand or is easy to see or is obvious: "Rebecca's reason for changing jobs was readily apparent and easy to see because she was going to get a higher position and a significant increase in salary."
2. Pertaining to something that seems to be true but possibly is not true: "Jim's father died of an apparent heart attack."
2. Pertaining to something that seems to be true but possibly is not true: "Jim's father died of an apparent heart attack."
"The apparent cause of the series of auto accidents was the icy road."
3. Etymology: from Old French apareir which came from Latin apparere, formed from the prefix ad-, "to, toward" + parere, "show, become visible" + the suffix -ent.(Arabic: the gift of finding interesting things by chance; the faculty of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; an apparent talent for making fortunate discoveries accidentally)
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apparent strabismus (s) (noun)
The cosmetic appearance that gives the impression that there is ocular deviation which is caused by the anatomic configurations of the eyelids or pupils while in actuality, the lines of sight are normally straight.
1. Someone who will inherit the property of another person if he or she lives longer than the one who is currently possessing the material goods or title: "The queen's oldest son is heir apparent to the throne."
2. A person who is very likely to have a job or position after the one who has it now leaves: "The owner of the company named his son as heir apparent of the business."
2. A person who is very likely to have a job or position after the one who has it now leaves: "The owner of the company named his son as heir apparent of the business."
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A numerical assessment of the brightness of a heavenly body: An apparent is the intensity of light of a star as seen from the planet Earth.
3. An apparent is the numeric calculation of the luminosity of stars as they appear on the celestial sphere.
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The movement of a celestial body against the background of distant stars: When lying on the ground on a cloudless night, Sam and his girlfriend watched the apparent motion of the stars caused by the finite speed of light and the movement of the Earth while orbiting around the Sun.
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Time assessed by the observed diurnal movement of the star at the center of the solar system, or sun: Apparent solar time is determined by the actual position of the sun in the sky which corresponds to time on most sundials.
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