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English Dictionary: intangible by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intangible
adj
  1. (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value; "intangible assets such as good will"
    Antonym(s): tangible
  2. 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
  3. hard to pin down or identify; "an intangible feeling of impending disaster"
  4. lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen; "that intangible thing--the soul"
    Synonym(s): intangible, nonphysical
n
  1. assets that are saleable though not material or physical
    Synonym(s): intangible, intangible asset
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intangible \In*tan"gi*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + tangible: cf. F.
      intangible.]
      Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to
      the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. --Bp. Wilkins.
  
               A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible
               being.                                                   --Marshall.
      -- {In*tan"gi*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*tan"gi*bly}, adv.
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