Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palpable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
palpable
adj 1: capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind;
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" [syn: {tangible}] [ant: {impalpable}]
2: (medicine) can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"
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