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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.Definition 2024
impalpable
impalpable
English
Adjective
impalpable (comparative more impalpable, superlative most impalpable)
- Not able to be perceived by the senses (especially by touch); intangible or insubstantial
Translations
not perceivable
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