tangibile (tanjibile)

[NL., neut. of LL. tangibilis, tangible: see tangible.] A tactile sensation or object. Not only does every visibile appear to be remote, but it has a position in external space, just as a tangibile appears to be superficial and to have a determinate position on the surface of the body. Huxley, Critiques and Addre es, p. 309. tangibility (tan-ji-bil'i-ti), n. [F. tangibilité = Sp. tangibilidad , tangibilita ( t- ) s , tangibilis , tangible: see tangible .] The property of being tangible, or perceptible to the touch or sense of feeling; tangiblene . Tangibility and impenetrability were elsewhere made by him the very e ence of body. Cudworth, Intellectual System, p. 770. tangible (tan'ji-bl), a. [ Tangible bodies have no pleasure in the consort of air. Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 27. 2. Discernible or discriminable by the touch. By this sense [touch] the tangible qualities of bodies are discerned, as hard, soft, smooth. Locke, Elem. of Nat. Philos., xi. 3. Capable of being po e ed or realized; such that one can lay the hand on it; within reach; real: as, tangible security. Direct and tangible benefits to ourselves and others. Southey. ( Imp. Dict.) who were not such bigots as to cling to any views when a good tangible reason could be urged against them. George Eliot, Felix Holt, iii. Men ...