görünmez

Görünmez is a Turkish adjective meaning not visible or unseen. It describes something that cannot be perceived with the sense of sight under current conditions, or more generally something that remains hidden from view. In everyday language, göründez can describe objects, events, or phenomena that are not observable at a glance, as well as people or things deliberately concealed.

The word comes from the verb görünmek (to appear or be visible) with the negating suffix -mez, yielding the meaning “not to be seen.” It is used as an adjective before nouns (görünmez nesne, görünmez şey) or in predicate position (Bu görünmez). The opposite forms are görünür or görülebilir, used to denote visibility.

Görünmez is common in descriptive language and metaphor, referring to something hidden, secret, or not yet understood. It appears in literature, journalism, and media to describe missing information, elusive targets, or phenomena that defy immediate perception. The corresponding noun form for the concept of invisibility is gör­ünmezlik, though günlük kullanımda görünmez is the predominant term.

As a scientific and cultural concept, invisibility is discussed in physics and materials science, where research explores cloaking and metamaterials that can reduce or alter the visibility of objects under certain conditions. Real-world, full invisibility for macroscopic objects remains a theoretical and experimental challenge, with many discussions rooted in speculative fiction and ongoing scientific inquiry.