Definitions for: Palpable

[adj] capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; 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"
[adj] (medicine) can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pal"pa*ble, a. [F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr.
palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the
hand.]
1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the
touch; as, a palpable form. --Shak.

Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable
darkness. --Milton.

2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily
perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture;
palpable absurdity; palpable errors. ``Three persons
palpable.'' --P. Plowman.

[Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --Shak.
-- Pal"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Pal"pa*bly, adv.

Synonyms: obvious, perceptible, tangible

Antonyms: impalpable

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