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Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form.

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  1. a. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form.
  2. a. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors.
  3. adj. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
  4. adj. (medicine) can be felt by palpation
  5. adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  6. adj. so intense as to be almost touched or felt
  7. 1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form. Shak. Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable darkness. Milton. 2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors. "Three persons palpable." P. Plowman. [Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. Shak. -- Pal"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Pal"pa*bly, adv.
  8. j:100 a. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt s. can be felt by palpation