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Palpable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAL'PABLE, a. [L. palpor, to feel.]
1. Perceptible by the touch; that may be felt; as a palpable substance; palpable darkness.
2. Gross; coarse; easily perceived and detected; as a palpable absurdity.
3. Plain; obvious; easily perceptible; as palpable phenomena; palpable proof.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: capable of being perceived; 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"; "a palpable lie" [syn: palpable, tangible] [ant: impalpable]
2: can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin palpabilis, from Latin palpare to stroke, caress — more at feel Date: 14th century 1. capable of being touched or felt ; tangible 2. easily perceptible ; noticeable <a palpable difference> 3. easily perceptible by the mind ; manifest Synonyms: see perceptible • palpability noun • palpably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 that can be touched or felt. 2 readily perceived by the senses or mind. Derivatives: palpability n. palpably adv. Etymology: ME f. LL palpabilis (as PALPATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Palpable 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You describe something as palpable when it is obvious or intense and easily noticed. The tension between Amy and Jim is palpable... ADJ • palpably The scene was palpably intense to watch. ADV: ADV with cl/group

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Tangible, tactile, material, corporeal. 2. Manifest, obvious, plain, evident, glaring, unmistakable, gross, easily seen, very perceptible.

Moby Thesaurus

apparent, appreciable, arresting, believable, certain, clear, clear as crystal, colorable, concrete, credible, crystal-clear, detectable, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, express, indisputable, indubitable, manifest, material, noticeable, observable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, plain as day, plausible, ponderable, positive, real, remarkable, seeable, seeming, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, sensible, solid, straightforward, striking, substantial, substantive, sure, tactile, tangible, to be seen, touchable, unequivocal, unmistakable, visible, weighable