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Synonyms for tangibility

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tan-juh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæn dʒə bəl

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Définition of tangibility

Origin :
  • 1580s, "capable of being touched," from Middle French tangible, from Late Latin tangibilis "that may be touched," from Latin tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Sense of "material" (e.g. tangible reward) is first recorded 1610s; that of "able to be realized or dealt with" is from 1709.
  • noun touchableness
Example sentences :
  • In them the persons of the gods had neither consistence nor tangibility.
  • Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
  • She laid hands on Hilda's previous references as a tangibility that remained with her.
  • Extract from : « Hilda » by Sarah Jeanette Duncan
  • Her imagination was making desperate efforts to reproduce the scene with the tangibility of life.
  • Extract from : « The White Terror and The Red » by Abraham Cahan
  • The difference between the two is that of tangibility or visibility, but nothing more.
  • Extract from : « The Japanese Spirit » by Yoshisaburo Okakura
  • He had not yet seen his bride that morning, and so her face was shadowy compared with the tangibility of those machines.
  • Extract from : « Stories By English Authors: London » by Various
  • She laid hands on Hilda's previous reference as a tangibility that remained with her.
  • Extract from : « The Path of a Star » by Mrs. Everard Cotes (AKA Sara Jeannette Duncan)
  • There is nothing but the idea of their colour or tangibility, which can render them conceivable by the mind.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise of Human Nature » by David Hume
  • By that I mean, their tangibility persisted for a certain distance toward other dimensions.
  • Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
  • I seemed to be there—to have a very familiar form—but to be nothing more than form—to have no tangibility.
  • Extract from : « Haunted Places in England » by Elliot O'Donnell
  • To feel a blind, vague, ineffable urge within you, stealing out to tangibility in colour and form!
  • Extract from : « Missy » by Dana Gatlin
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