Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intangible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intangible \In*tan"gi*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + tangible: cf. F.
intangible.]
Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to
the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. --Bp. Wilkins.
A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible
being. --Marshall.
-- {In*tan"gi*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*tan"gi*bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intangible
adj 1: (of especially business assets) not having physical
substance or intrinsic productive value; "intangible
assets such as good will" [ant: {tangible}]
2: incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the
sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"-
James Jeans [syn: {impalpable}] [ant: {tangible}]
3: hard to pin down or identify; "an intangible feeling of
impending disaster"
4: lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or
seen; "that intangible thing--the soul" [syn: {nonphysical}]
n : assets that are saleable though not material or physical
[syn: {intangible assets}]
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