About The Word Impalpable
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Impalpable
Impalpable Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Impalpable?
[adj] imperceptible to the senses or the mind; "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream"
[adj] not perceptible to the touch; "an impalpable pulse" [adj] incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans Synonyms | Synonyms for Impalpable: elusive | intangible | subtle Related Terms | Find terms related to Impalpable: airy | asomatous | astral | atomic | bodiless | branny | chalklike | chalky | comminute | comminuted | corpuscular | crushed | decarnate | decarnated | detrital | detrited | discarnate | disembodied | disintegrated | dusty | efflorescent | embryonic | ethereal | evanescent | extramundane | farinaceous | fine | flaky | floury | furfuraceous | germinal | ghostly | gone to dust | granular | grated | ground | immaterial | imperceptible | imponderable | inappreciable | incorporate | incorporeal | indiscernible | infinitesimal | insensible | insubstantial | intangible | invisible | levigated | mealy | microcosmic | microscopic | milled | molecular | nonmaterial | nonphysical | nonsubstantial | occult | otherworldly | pestled | phantom | powdered | powdery | psychic | pulverant | pulverized | pulverulent | reduced to powder | scaly | scobicular | scobiform | scurfy | shadowy | sharded | shredded | spiritual | subatomic | supernatural | tenuous | thin | transmundane | triturated | ultramicroscopic | unapparent | unappreciable | unconcrete | unearthly | unembodied | unextended | unfleshly | unobservable | unperceivable | unphysical | unseeable | unsolid | unsubstanced | unsubstantial | unworldly | weightless See Also | abstract | imperceptible | unperceivable Impalpable In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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