tangible

tangible
tangible (adj.) 1580s, "capable of being touched," from M.Fr. tangible, from L.L. tangibilis "that may be touched," from L. tangere "to touch" (see TANGENT (Cf. tangent)). Sense of "material" (e.g. tangible reward) is first recorded 1610s; that of "able to be realized or dealt with" is from 1709.

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  • tangible — [ tɑ̃ʒibl ] adj. • XIVe; bas lat. tangibilis, de tangere « toucher » 1 ♦ Qui tombe sous le sens du tact, que l on peut connaître en touchant. La réalité tangible. ⇒ palpable. « De visibles et tangibles spectres » (Huysmans). Par ext. Des plaisirs …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • tangible — tan‧gi‧ble [ˈtændʒbl] adjective 1. tangible results, proof, benefits etc can clearly be seen to exist or to have happened: • New revenue streams, particularly from e commerce opportunities are creating tangible benefits for the core business. • …   Financial and business terms

  • tangible — tan·gi·ble / tan jə bəl/ adj: capable of being perceived esp. by the sense of touch Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. tangible …   Law dictionary

  • tangible — The primary meaning is ‘perceptible by touch’, but in practice figurative uses tend to be more common, in which the meaning becomes ‘clearly intelligible, not imaginary or hypothetical’, as in tangible assets, tangible evidence, tangible… …   Modern English usage

  • Tangible — Tan gi*ble, a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch: cf. F. tangible. See {Tangent}.] 1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tangible — [tan′jə bəl] adj. [LL tangibilis < L tangere, to touch: see TACT] 1. that can be touched or felt by touch; having actual form and substance 2. corporeal and able to be appraised for value [tangible assets] 3. that can be understood; definite;… …   English World dictionary

  • tangible — sensible, *perceptible, palpable, appreciable, ponderable Analogous words: *material, physical, corporeal, objective: actual, *real, true: obvious, *evident, manifest Antonyms: intangible …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • tangible — [adj] real, concrete actual, appreciable, corporeal, definite, detectable, discernible, distinct, embodied, evident, factual, gross, incarnated, manifest, material, objective, observable, obvious, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible,… …   New thesaurus

  • tangible — adjetivo 1. Que se puede tocar: pruebas tangibles, resultados tangibles. Sinónimo: palpable, material. Antónimo: intangible. 2. Que se puede percibir con total claridad: Son pruebas tangibles de su culpa. Sinónimo …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • tangible — (Del lat. tangibĭlis). 1. adj. Que se puede tocar. 2. Que se puede percibir de manera precisa. Resultados tangibles …   Diccionario de la lengua española

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