 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
palpable
adjective
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: can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Palpable \Pal"pa*ble\, adjective [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.
A hit, A very palpable hit. --Shak.
(Hamlet)
-- {Pal"pa*ble*ness}, noun -- {Pal"pa*bly},
adverb
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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