IMPALPABILITY

intangibility, intangibleness, impalpability

(noun) the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

impalpability (usually uncountable, plural impalpabilities)

The quality of being impalpable; intangibility.

Physical imperceptibility; incapability of being sensed by the tactual faculties.

Ungraspability by or inapprehensibility to the mind.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*pal`pa*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impalpabilité.]

Definition: The quality of being impalpable. Jortin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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5 April 2025

SET

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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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