English Dictionary

apparent

/əˈpæɹ.ənt/

adj

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye, eyely; within sight or view. / Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.

The stars were apparent in the night sky.

意味（1）

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye, eyely; within sight or view.

[…] Hesperus, that led / The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, / Rising in clouded majesty, at length / Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, / And o’er the dark her silver mantle threw.

意味（2）

Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.

Salisbury: It is apparent foul-play; and ’tis shame / That greatness should so grossly offer it: / So thrive it in your game! and so, farewell.

意味（3）

Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.

What George Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.