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intangible

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Adjective, Noun
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CIDE DICTIONARY

intangiblea. [Pref. in- not + tangible: cf. F. intangible.].
     Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible.  Bp. Wilkins.  [1913 Webster]
    "A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being."

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intangible, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 unable to be touched; not solid.
2 unable to be grasped mentally.
--n. something that cannot be precisely measured or assessed.

Derivative
intangibility n. intangibly adv.
Etymology
F intangible or med.L intangibilis (as IN-(1), TANGIBLE)

THESAURUS

intangible

aerial, aeriform, airy, asomatous, astral, atomic, bodiless, corpuscular, decarnate, decarnated, dim, discarnate, disembodied, eluding, elusive, embryonic, ethereal, evanescent, evasive, extramundane, fleeting, germinal, ghostly, granular, immaterial, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable, imprecise, inappreciable, incorporate, incorporeal, indefinite, indiscernible, infinitesimal, insensible, insubstantial, invisible, microcosmic, microscopic, molecular, nonmaterial, nonphysical, nonsubstantial, obscure, occult, otherworldly, phantom, psychic, rare, shadowy, slender, slight, spiritual, subatomic, supernatural, tenuous, thin, transmundane, ultramicroscopic, unapparent, unappreciable, unconcrete, unearthly, unembodied, unextended, unfleshly, unobservable, unperceivable, unphysical, unseeable, unsolid, unsubstanced, unsubstantial, unworldly, vague, vaporous, weightless

ROGET THESAURUS

intangible

Littleness

N littleness, smallness, exiguity, inextension, parvitude, parvity, duodecimo, Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm, rudiment, vanishing point, thinness, dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf, atomy, dandiprat, doll, puppet, Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, mannikin, homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow, animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon, bacteria, infusoria, microzoa, phytozoaria, microbe, grub, tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed, barleycorn, pebble, grain of sand, molehill, button, bubble, point, atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point, minutiae, micrometer, vernier, scale, microphotography, photomicrography, micrography, photomicrograph, microphotograph, microscopy, microscope (optical instruments), little, small, minute, diminutive, microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable, exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin, undersized, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, spare, stunted, limited, cramp, cramped, pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket, portative, portable, duodecimo, dumpy, squat, short, impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial, infinitesimal, homoeopathic, atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary, rudimental, embryonic, vestigial, weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby, thin, granular, shrunk, brevipennate, in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely, microscopically.

Numbness

N numbness, anaesthesia, pins and needles, numb, benumbed, deadened, intangible, impalpable, (2) Heat.


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