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viz

/vɪz/

viz is the alternative form of viz..

viz is the clipping of visual.

viz is the clipping of visualize.

viz is the clipping of visualization.

viz is the clipping of visibility.

Meaning of viz.

Adverb

viz. (not comparable)

  1. Videlicet: namely, to wit, that is to say, specifically, as an illustration.
    • I am at this period, viz. in 1812, living in a cottage; […]1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “[Part II.] Introduction to the Pains of Opium.”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: […] [J. Moyes] for Taylor and Hessey...

Meaning of visual

Adjective

visual (comparative more visual, superlative most visual)

  1. Related to or affecting the vision.
    • Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to...2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7
  2. (obsolete) That can be seen; visible.

See all 8 meanings of visual

Forms of viz

Adjective
alternative formvis
Verb
third-person singular presentvizs
present participlevizing
past participlevized
pastvized
Noun
pluralvizes

Words formed from viz

Questions about viz

What is viz the alternative form of?
Viz is the alternative form of viz..
How do you pronounce viz?
Viz is pronounced /vɪz/.

Words near viz in the dictionary

  1. vixon
  2. vixons
  3. Viya
  4. Viyella
  5. Viyellas
  6. viz
  7. viz.
  8. Vizag
  9. Vizagapatam
  10. Vizagpatnam
  11. Vizantea-Livezi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: viz (page history and authors); viz. (page history and authors); visual (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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