Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being palpable, in any sense of that word; palpableness; tangibleness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being palpable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of being perceivable by touch

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Examples

  • Both Delusion and "Lighthouse" take place in the dark - a factor in their process of enchantment as obvious as it is necessary, but indicative of the palpability and immediacy involved in the experience (s) they convey.

    Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: American Masters, American Dreams Peter Frank 2010

  • I say, wrapping my arms tight around him, rediscovering the palpability of passion.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • I say, wrapping my arms tight around him, rediscovering the palpability of passion.

    Braise The Dog 2009

  • Both Delusion and "Lighthouse" take place in the dark - a factor in their process of enchantment as obvious as it is necessary, but indicative of the palpability and immediacy involved in the experience (s) they convey.

    Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: American Masters, American Dreams Peter Frank 2010

  • I say, wrapping my arms tight around him, rediscovering the palpability of passion.

    Comme Si de Rien N'Etait - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Both Delusion and "Lighthouse" take place in the dark - a factor in their process of enchantment as obvious as it is necessary, but indicative of the palpability and immediacy involved in the experience (s) they convey.

    Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: American Masters, American Dreams Peter Frank 2010

  • I say, wrapping my arms tight around him, rediscovering the palpability of passion.

    Comme Si de Rien N'Etait - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • For some reason, some magical reason, in this bath of lucidity, flesh itself took on an almost alchemical palpability.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • I prefer its old name, Armstice Day, not because veterans don't deserve their own day (they do) but because detaching the day from its original context — November 11, 1918 — diminishes the palpability of that crucial moment in history.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • For some reason, some magical reason, in this bath of lucidity, flesh itself took on an almost alchemical palpability.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

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