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tangible - 5 dictionary results

tan⋅gi⋅ble

[tan-juh-buhl]
–adjective
1. capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
2. real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary: the tangible benefits of sunshine.
3. definite; not vague or elusive: no tangible grounds for suspicion.
4. (of an asset) having actual physical existence, as real estate or chattels, and therefore capable of being assigned a value in monetary terms.
–noun
5. something tangible, esp. a tangible asset.

Origin:
1580–90; < LL tangibilis, equiv. to L tang(ere) to touch + -ibilis -ible


tan⋅gi⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, tan⋅gi⋅ble⋅ness, noun
tan⋅gi⋅bly, adverb


1. palpable, corporeal. 2. certain, genuine, perceptible. 3. specific.
tan·gi·ble   (tān'jə-bəl)   
adj.  
    1. Discernible by the touch; palpable: a tangible roughness of the skin.
    2. Possible to touch.
    3. Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete: tangible evidence.
  1. Possible to understand or realize: the tangible benefits of the plan.
  2. Law That can be valued monetarily: tangible property.
n.  
  1. Something palpable or concrete.
  2. tangibles Material assets.

[Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere, to touch; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]
tan'gi·bil'i·ty, tan'gi·ble·ness n., tan'gi·bly adv.

Tangible

Tan"gi*ble\, 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. "A tangible blunder." --Byron.

Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others. --Southey. -- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- Tan"gi*bly, adv.
Language Translation for : tangible
Spanish: tangible,
German: greifbar,
Japanese: 実体のある

tangible 
1589, "capable of being touched," from M.Fr. tangible, from L.L. tangibilis "that may be touched," from L. tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Sense of "material" (e.g. tangible reward) is first recorded 1620; that of "able to be realized or dealt with" is from 1709.

Main Entry: tan·gi·ble
Pronunciation: 'tan-j&-b&l
Function: adjective
: capable of being perceived esp. by the sense of touch
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