Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impalpable"
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) 1.7 (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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