tangible
13 08 2008Adjectives
1. (adj.) tangible, touchable;
- perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch;
- “skin with a tangible roughness”;
2. (adj.) real, tangible;
- capable of being treated as fact;
- “tangible evidence”; “his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor”;
3. (adj.) tangible;
- (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value;
- “tangible property like real estate”; “tangible assets such as machinery”;
4. (adj.) palpable, tangible;
- capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt;
- “a barely palpable dust”; “felt sudden anger in a palpable wave”; “the air was warm and close–palpable as cotton”; “a palpable lie”;
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