Meaning of PALPABLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'palpubul
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] (medicine) can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"
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| | Synonyms: | | obvious, perceptible, tangible |
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| | Antonyms: | | impalpable | | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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