Dictionary definition · palpable
adjective
- capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt"a barely palpable dust"
- (medicine) can be felt by palpation"a palpable tumor"
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"
- 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).