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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TAN'GIBLE, a. [from L. tango, to touch.]
1. Perceptible by the touch; tactile.
2. That may be possessed or realized.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness" [syn: tangible, touchable] [ant: impalpable, intangible]
2: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" [syn: real, tangible]
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; 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]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere to touch Date: 1589 1. a. capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch ; palpable b. substantially real ; material 2. capable of being precisely identified or realized by the mind <her grief was tangible> 3. capable of being appraised at an actual or approximate value <tangible assets> Synonyms: see perceptible • tangibility noun • tangibleness noun • tangibly adverb II. noun Date: 1890 something tangible; especially a tangible asset

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 perceptible by touch. 2 definite; clearly intelligible; not elusive or visionary (tangible proof). Derivatives: tangibility n. tangibleness n. tangibly adv. Etymology: F tangible or LL tangibilis f. tangere touch

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is tangible, it is clear enough or definite enough to be easily seen, felt, or noticed. There should be some tangible evidence that the economy is starting to recover... ADJ • tangibly This tangibly demonstrated that the world situation could be improved. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Tactile, palpable, corporeal, material. 2. Real, certain, positive, substantial, solid, material, perceptible, sensible, open, plain, obvious.

Moby Thesaurus

actual, apparent, appreciable, assessed valuation, assets, assets and liabilities, atoms, bodily, circumstances, clear, clear as crystal, concrete, corporeal, crystal-clear, current assets, deferred assets, detectable, discernible, distinct, embodied, evident, explicit, express, fabric, fixed assets, frozen assets, funds, gross, indisputable, indubitable, intangible assets, intangibles, liquid assets, manifest, material, material assets, matter, means, medium, net assets, net worth, noticeable, objective, observable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensive, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, phenomenal, physical, plain, plain as day, ponderable, quick assets, real, resources, seeable, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, sensible, solid, somatic, stock, stock-in-trade, stuff, substance, substantial, substantive, tactile, tangible assets, tangibles, to be seen, touchable, unmistakable, visible, wealth