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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Imperceptible \Im'per*cep"ti*ble\, adjective [Pref. im- not + perceptible: cf. F. imperceptible.] Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the senses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.
Almost imperceptible to the touch. --Dryden.
Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost imperceptible. --Burke. -- {Im'per*cep"ti*ble*ness}, noun -- {Im'per*cep"ti*bly}, adverb
Their . . . subtilty and imperceptibleness. --Sir M. Hale.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
imperceptible
adjective: impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch" [syn: {unperceivable}] [ant: {perceptible}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "imperceptible": atomic, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, camouflaged, concealed, corpuscular, disguised, embryonic, ephemeral, evanescent, faint, fugitive, germinal, granular, hidden, ill-defined, impalpable, imponderable, inappreciable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, intangible, invisible, latent, microcosmic, microscopic, minuscule, minute, molecular, momentary, obscure, out of sight, secret, sightless, slight, subatomic, submerged, subtle, tenuous, thin, tiny, trivial, ultramicroscopic, unapparent, unappreciable, unbeheld, unbeholdable, unclear, undiscernible, undistinguishable, unnoticeable, unnoticed, unobservable, unobserved, unperceivable, unperceived, unrealized, unseeable, unseen, unviewed, unwitnessed, vague, viewless
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