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Webster 1913 Edition
Impalpable
Im-pal′pa-ble
,Adj.
[Pref.
im-
not + palpable
: cf. F. impalpable
.] 1.
Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch.
“Impalpable powder.” Boyle.
2.
Not material; intangible; incorporeal.
“Impalpable, void, and bodiless.” Holland.
3.
Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal;
as,
. impalpable
distinctionsWebster 1828 Edition
Impalpable
IMPAL'PABLE
,Adj.
Not to be felt; that cannot be perceived by the touch; as an impalpable powder, whose parts are so minute that they cannot be distinguished by the senses, particularly by feeling.
1.
Not coarse or gross.