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Meaning of 'palpable'
Meaning of 'palpable' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Palpable 
[ a.]
- Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the
touch; as, a palpable form. [ a.]- Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors.
Meaning of 'palpable' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. palpable [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
- capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
Example in sentence:
- a barely palpable dust;
- a palpable lie;
- felt sudden anger in a palpable wave;
- the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton
2. palpable [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- (medicine) can be felt by palpation
- (medicine) can be felt by palpation
Example in sentence:
- a palpable tumor
Meaning (3):
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Example in sentence:
- a palpable lie;
- evident hostility;
- in plain view;
- it is plain that he is no reactionary;
- made his meaning plain;
- manifest disapproval;
- patent advantages;
- the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
Meaning (4):
- so intense as to be almost touched or felt
- so intense as to be almost touched or felt
Example in sentence:
- there was a palpable sense of joy in the air
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