apparent Definition

apparent
adj

1. Easy to see or understand; obvious.

Thesaurus: evident, obvious, visible, unmistakable, clear, plain, discernible, distinct, conspicuous, distinct, marked, noticeable, overt, outward, manifest; Antonym: obscure.
2. Seeming to be real but perhaps not actually so.
3. physics.
Said of the results of an experiment, etc: obtained by observation alone and usually without taking certain variables into account.

Derivative: apparently
adverb

See also heir apparent.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin apparere to come into sight.