Dictionary Definition
tangible adj
1 perceptible by the senses especially the sense
of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness" [ant: intangible]
2 possible to be treated as fact; "tangible
evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real
benefits to the poor" [syn: real]
3 (of especially business assets) having physical
substance and intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like
real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery" [ant: intangible]
4 capable of being perceived by the senses or the
mind; 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" [syn: palpable] [ant: impalpable]
5 having substance or material existence;
perceptible to the senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded
by tangible objects" [syn: physical, touchable]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch; palpable
- possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete
- comprehensible by the mind; understandable
Translations
touchable; able to be touched or felt;
perceptible by the sense of touch; palpable
- Finnish: kouriintuntuva, käsin kosketeltava
- German: greifbar, erfühlbar
- Italian: tangibile
- Norwegian: følbar
- Portuguese: tangível
possible to be treated as fact
- Finnish: kouriintuntuva, todellinen
- German: konkret
- Italian: tangibile
- Norwegian: håndgripelig, konkret
- Portuguese: tangível
comprehensible by the mind; understandable
- German: erfaßbar, faßbar, begreifbar
- Italian: tangibile
- Norwegian: begripelig, forståelig, fattbar
Noun
- real or concrete results
- Yes, but what are the tangibles?
French
Adjective
tangibleExtensive Definition
In criminal
law, one of the elements of an offense of larceny is that the stolen
property must be
tangible.
In the context of intellectual
property, expression in tangible form is one of the
requirements for copyright protection.
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
actual,
apparent, appreciable, assessed
valuation, assets, assets
and liabilities, atoms,
bodily, circumstances, clear, clear as crystal, concrete, corporeal, crystal-clear,
current assets, deferred assets, detectable, discernible, distinct, embodied, evident, explicit, express, fabric, fixed assets, frozen
assets, funds, gross, indisputable, indubitable, intangible
assets, intangibles,
liquid assets, manifest, material, material assets,
matter, means, medium, net assets, net worth,
noticeable, objective, observable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensive, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, phenomenal, physical, plain, plain as day, ponderable, quick assets,
real, resources, seeable, self-evident,
self-explaining, self-explanatory, sensible, solid, somatic, stock, stock-in-trade, stuff, substance, substantial, substantive, tactile, tangible assets,
tangibles, to be seen,
touchable, unmistakable, visible, wealth