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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
tangible
    adj 1: perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch;
           "skin with a tangible roughness" [syn: tangible,
           touchable] [ant: impalpable, intangible]
    2: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
       brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the
       poor" [syn: real, tangible]
    3: (of especially business assets) having physical substance and
       intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like real
       estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery" [ant:
       intangible]
    4: capable of being perceived; especially capable of being
       handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt
       sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close
       --palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie" [syn: palpable,
       tangible] [ant: impalpable]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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; substantial; evident. "A
      tangible blunder." --Byron.
      [1913 Webster]

            Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.
                                                  --Southey.
      [1913 Webster] -- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- Tan"gi*bly,
      adv.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for tangible:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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