Definitions for: Tangible


[adj] possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
[adj] having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by tangible objects"
[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] perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness"
[adj] (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery"



Webster (1913) Definition: Tan"gi*ble, a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch:
cf. F. tangible. See Tangent.]
1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. --Bacon.

2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily
apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. ``A
tangible blunder.'' --Byron.

Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.
--Southey.
-- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- Tan"gi*bly, adv.

Synonyms: concrete, material, obvious, palpable, perceptible, physical, real, realizable, tactile, tactual, touchable

Antonyms: impalpable, intangible

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