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intangible

/ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/

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What does intangible mean?

adjective

  1. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.
  2. Difficult to define or describe clearly, but nonetheless perceived.

noun

  1. Anything intangible.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/

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The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205
And, in fact, what objection can be offered to a conception so radically null, so intangible as that of M. Blanc?
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444
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Some intangible feeling of uneasiness made me leave my tent about 11 p.m. that night and glance around the quiet camp.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199
The enemy ceased firing, and that stern, threatening, inaccessible, and intangible line which separates two hostile armies was all the more clearly felt.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
This image, so nearly identical with the living Pearl, seemed to communicate somewhat of its own shadowy and intangible quality to the child herself.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet LetterProject Gutenberg ebook #33