Tangibleness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tangible \Tan"gi*ble\, a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch:
     cf. F. tangible. See {Tangent}.]
     1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. --Bacon.
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     2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily


        apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. "A
        tangible blunder." --Byron.
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              Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.
                                                    --Southey.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Tan"gi*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tan"gi*bly},
        adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tangibleness
       n : the quality of being perceivable by touch [syn: {tangibility},
            {palpability}] [ant: {intangibility}, {intangibility}]