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palpable

Dictionary definition · palpable

adjective

  1. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt"a barely palpable dust"
  2. (medicine) can be felt by palpation"a palpable tumor"
  3. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"
  4. so intense as to be almost touched or felt"there was a palpable sense of joy in the air"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).