About The Word Palpable
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Palpable
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What's The Definition Of Palpable?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Palpable: obvious | perceptible | tangible Related Terms | Find terms related to Palpable: 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 See Also | Palpable In Webster's Dictionary \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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