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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impalpable \Im*pal"pa*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + palpable: cf F. impalpable.] 1. Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. ``Impalpable powder.'' --Boyle. 2. Not material; intangible; incorporeal. ``Impalpable, void, and bodiless.'' --Holland. 3. Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as impalpable distinctions. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impalpable adj 1: incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans [syn: {intangible}] [ant: {tangible}] 2: imperceptible to the senses or the mind; "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream" [ant: {palpable}] 3: not perceptible to the touch; "an impalpable pulse"
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