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Adjective: tangible  tan-ju-bul
  1. Capable of being treated as fact
    "tangible evidence";
    - real
     
  2. Perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
    "skin with a tangible roughness";
    - touchable
     
  3. (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value
    "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery"
     
  4. Capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled, touched or felt
    "a barely tangible dust";
    - palpable

See also: concrete, perceptible, real, realisable [Brit], realizable, tactile, tactual

Antonym: impalpable, intangible

Encyclopedia: Tangible