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visual languages

visual languages is the plural of visual language.

Meaning of visual language

Noun

visual language (plural visual languages)

  1. Those aspects of communication that rely on visual elements, such as illustrations, formatting, gesture, etc.
    • However, we also have to learn to "read" and understand the meaning of visual information and the components of visual language.1989, Rune Pettersson, Visuals for Information: Research and Practice, →ISBN, page 146
  2. VPL (visual programming language); a programming language that allows software developers to generate code by manipulating program elements graphically rather than by specifying them textually.
    • A processor for a visual language consists of a graphical frontend attached to phases that analyse and transform the visual programs.2001, Reinhard Wilhelm, Compiler Construction, →ISBN

Questions about visual languages

What is visual languages the plural of?
Visual languages is the plural of visual language.

Words near visual languages in the dictionary

  1. visual fields
  2. visual hole
  3. visual holes
  4. visual kei
  5. visual language
  6. visual languages
  7. visual magnitude
  8. visual magnitudes
  9. visual merchandiser
  10. visual merchandisers
  11. visual merchandising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: visual languages (page history and authors); visual language (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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