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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
distinctions
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Impalpable

IMPAL'PABLE

,
Adj.
[L. in and palpo, to feel. [See Palpable.]
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.

Definition 2024


impalpable

impalpable

English

Adjective

impalpable (comparative more impalpable, superlative most impalpable)

  1. Not able to be perceived by the senses (especially by touch); intangible or insubstantial

Translations


Spanish

Adjective

impalpable m, f (plural impalpables)

  1. impalpable

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