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pal·pa·ble       [pal-puh-buhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
2.capable of being touched or felt; tangible.
3.Medicine/Medical. perceptible by palpation.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < LL palpābilis that can be touched, equiv. to palpā(re) to stroke, touch, palpate1 + -bilis -ble]

—Related forms
pal·pa·bil·i·ty, pal·pa·ble·ness, noun
pal·pa·bly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. manifest, plain. 2. material, corporeal.
—Antonyms 1. obscure.
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pal·pa·ble       (pāl'pə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible: "Anger rushed out in a palpable wave through his arms and legs" (Herman Wouk).
  2. Easily perceived; obvious: "There was a palpable sense of expectation in the court" (Nelson DeMille). See Synonyms at perceptible.
  3. Medicine That can be felt by palpating: a palpable tumor.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin palpābilis, from Latin palpāre, to touch gently; see pāl- in Indo-European roots.]

pal'pa·bil'i·ty n., pal'pa·bly adv.
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palpable 
c.1384, "that can be touched," from L.L. palpabilis "that may be touched or felt," from L. palpare "touch gently, stroke" (see feel (v.)). Fig. sense of "easily perceived, evident" is from 1545.

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palpable

adjective
1. 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" [ant: impalpable] 
2. can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor" 

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palpable pal·pa·ble (pāl'pə-bəl)
n.

  1. Perceptible to touch; capable of being palpated.
  2. Evident; obvious.

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Palpable

Pal"pa*ble\, a. [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. -- Pal"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Pal"pa*bly, adv.

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