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[ IMG:content-0973.png:[blocks in formation] that real which it uses to call visionary. Emerson, Nature. 4t. Probable; likely: as, "the three apparent candidates," H. Walpole. Apparent day, the real See day. - Apparent declination, the declination of the or true solar day, as distinguished from the mean day. apparent place of a star. - Apparent diameter of a heavenly body, the angle which its diameter subtends the extremities of its diameter to the eye. A apparent double point, in math., a point on a curve in space which appears to be double to an eye placed at a given point. - Apparent easement. See easement. - Apparent or intentional ens. See ens. Apparent figure, seen at a distance. - Apparent horizon. Same as visible horizon (which see, under horizon ). — Apparent magnitude. See magnitude. - Apparent noon, the instant at which the center of the sun cro es the meridian.-Apparent place of a star, etc., the place on the celestial sphere where it would appear but for refraction; sometimes the place where it does appear. - Apparent position, in optics, the position in which an object appears to be when seen through gla , water, or any other diffracting medium, as distinguished from its true position. See refraction. - Apparent right ascension, the right ascension of the apparent place of a star. - Apparent time, the hour-angle of the sun. - Heir apparent. See heir. = Syn. 1 and 2. Clear, distinct, manifest, patent, unmistakable.-3. Ostensible. figure or shape under which an object appears II. n. An heir apparent. IMG:content-0974.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Seemingly; in appearance, whether in reality or not; as far as one can judge: as, he is apparently well; only apparently friendly. The motions of a watch, apparently uncaused by anything external, seem spontaneous. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 65. apparentne (a-parent-nes), n . The state or quality of being apparent; plainne to the eye or to the mind; visiblene ; obviousne . apparisht (a-par'ish), v. t. [Late ME. app a ry he , apari - , stem of certain parts of aparir, aparer, apparere , appear: see appear.] To appear. Caxton , Golden Legend. (N. E. D. ) apparition (ap-a-rish'on), n. [F. apparition , ML. apparitio (n-), an appearance, epiphany, also attendants, L. only in sense of attendance, attendants, apparere , adparēre , pp. apparitus , appeachment adparitus, appear, attend, wait upon, serve: see appear, apparent, and apparitor.] 1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; appearance; the state of being visible; visibility. When the holy churchman join'd our hands, Our vows were real then; the ceremony Was not in apparition , but in act. Ford , Perkin Warbeck, v. 3. Pre scott. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Louis XIV. appeared [at Chambord] on several occasions, and the apparition was characteristically brilliant. H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 39. 2. That which appears or becomes visible; an appearance, especially of a remarkable or phenomenal kind. Let us interrogate the great apparition that shines so peacefully around us. Emerson, Nature. Mi Edge worth taught a contempt of falsehood, no le in its most graceful than in its meanest apparitions . Marg . Fuller , Woman in 19th Cent., p. 131. Specifically-3. A ghostly appearance; a specter or phantom: now the usual sense of the word. goblins, spectres, apparitions, wherewith maids fright Tender minds should not receive early impre ions of 4. In astron., the first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been obscured: opposed to occultation. - Circle of apparition, or of perpetual apparition, the bounding circle of that part of the heavens which is always visible; that circle of declination which is tangent to the horizon. =Syn. 3. Specter, Phantom, etc. See ghost.