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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