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
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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
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I say, wrapping my arms tight around him, rediscovering the palpability of passion.
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I say, wrapping my arms tight around him, rediscovering the palpability of passion.
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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
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I say, wrapping my arms tight around him, rediscovering the palpability of passion.
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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
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I say, wrapping my arms tight around him, rediscovering the palpability of passion.
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For some reason, some magical reason, in this bath of lucidity, flesh itself took on an almost alchemical palpability.
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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.
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For some reason, some magical reason, in this bath of lucidity, flesh itself took on an almost alchemical palpability.
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