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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tangible \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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tangible
adj 1: perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch;
"skin with a tangible roughness" [ant: {intangible}]
2: possible to be treated as fact "tangible evidence"; "his
brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to
the poor" [syn: {real}]
3: (of especially business assets) having physical substance
and intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like
real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery" [ant: {intangible}]
4: 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"
[syn: {palpable}] [ant: {impalpable}]
5: having substance or material existence; perceptible to the
senses "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by
tangible objects" [syn: {physical}, {touchable}]
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