Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.
pr. of apparere. See Appear.]
1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;
visible to the eye; within sight or view.
The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton.
2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;
obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
It is apparent foul play. --Shak.
3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not
necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the
apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent
friendship. --Macaulay.
What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by
astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.
Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds
our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the
earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational
horizon.
Apparent time. See Time.
Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible
if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from
presumptive heir. See Presumptive.
Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;
evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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