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palpability::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tangibility, tangibleness |
| Type of | corporality, corporeality, materiality, physicalness |
| Derivation | palpable |
Examples of palpability
palpability
He decided in favor of palpability and ordered Eutychius'book to be burned.
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Sadly, however, my palpability deflated as I was then kicked back to the MobileMe intro page again and again, thwarted from enjoying MobileMe features.
From the techcrunch.com
The combination of scale and texture, along with the image's mix of crisply detailed and blurry areas, gives Kate a palpability that stops you in your tracks.
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Still, there's something about the nuance of the original, the subtle sexual innuendos, unexpected humor and palpability of the friendships that come across a little hazy on stage.
From the newsobserver.com
Born in 1891, he became an Acmeist, one of a group of poets who reacted against the excess vagaries of the Symbolists by celebrating the palpability of things in clear, earthy language.
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- Tangibility: the quality of being perceivable by touch
- (palpable) capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie"
- (palpable) can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"
- Palpation is used as part of a physical examination in which an object is felt (usually with the hands of a healthcare practitioner) to determine its size, shape, firmness, or location. Palpation should not be confused with palpitation, which is an awareness of the beating of the heart.
- (palpable) Capable of being felt during a physical examination by a physician; e.g., when the prostate which can be felt during a digital rectal examination.
- (palpable) (adj) evident; obvious; manifest
- (Palpable) Easily perceptible, plain, obvious, readily visible, noticeable, patent, distinct, manifest.
- (Palpable) When a prostate tumor is large enough to be detected by a DRE.
- Capability of being felt by touch, such as a breast implant.
