impalpable : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: impalpable	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for impalpable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impalpable adj incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans Synonym(s): intangible, impalpable Antonym(s): tangible, touchable imperceptible to the senses or the mind; "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream" Antonym(s): palpable, tangible not perceptible to the touch; "an impalpable pulse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impalpable \Impal"pable\, 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. [bd]Impalpable powder.[b8] --Boyle. 2. Not material; intangible; incorporeal. [bd]Impalpable, void, and bodiless.[b8] --Holland. 3. Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions.