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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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