Dictionary entry

Tangible

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tan″gi‐ble (?), a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch: cf. F. tangible. See Tangent.] 1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. Bacon.

2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. “A tangible blunder.” Byron.

Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others. Southey.

— Tan″gi‐ble‐ness, n. — Tan″gi‐bly, adv.