Tangible : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Tangible	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Tangible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tangible adj perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness" Synonym(s): tangible, touchable Antonym(s): impalpable, intangible capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" Synonym(s): real, tangible (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery" Antonym(s): intangible capable of being perceived; 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"; "a palpable lie" Synonym(s): palpable, tangible Antonym(s): impalpable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tangible \Tan"gible\, a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch: cf. F. tangible. See {Tangent}.] 1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. --Bacon. 2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. [bd]A tangible* blunder.[b8] --Byron. Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others. --Southey. -- {Tan"gibleness}, n. -- {Tan"gi*bly}, adv.