tangibleness

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tan·gi·ble

(tăn′jə-bəl)

adj.

a. Discernible by the touch; palpable: a tangible roughness of the skin.

b. Possible to touch.

c. Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete: tangible evidence.

2. Possible to understand or realize: the tangible benefits of the plan.

3. Law Relating to or being property of a physical nature, such as land, objects, and goods.

1. Something palpable or concrete.

2. tangibles Property having a physical form.

[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.

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tangibleness - the quality of being perceivable by touch

palpability, tangibility

corporality, corporeality, physicalness, materiality - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter

tangibleness

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The quality or condition of being discernible by touch:

palpability, tactility, tangibility, touchableness.

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