Definizione monolingua

palpable

palpable (comparative more palpable, superlative most palpable)

1. Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
   • circa 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, sc. 2:

     Osric: A hit, a very palpable hit.

   • 1838, Edgar Allan Poe, ""Ligeia"":

     I had felt that some palpable although invisible object had passed lightly by my person.

   • 1894, Bret Harte, ""The Heir of the McHulishes"" in A Protegee of Jack Hamlins and Other Stories:

     The next morning the fog had given way to a palpable, horizontally driving rain.

2. Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.
   • 1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu ch. 24:

     Her voice, her palpable agitation, prepared us for something extraordinary.

   • 1916, Kathleen Norris, The Heart of Rachael, ch. 7:

     No use in raging, in reasoning, in arguing. No use in setting forth the facts, the palpable right and wrong.

3. (medicine) That can be detected by palpation.

Definizione dizionario palpable

	palpabile
	capable of being touched

	evidente
	obvious

chiaro

tangibile

Altri significati:

Easily perceived.

(medicine) That can be detected by palpation.

that can be detected by palpation

Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.

Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.