Impalpable

Definitions: Impalpable

Impalpable

Adjective

1. Incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans.

2. Imperceptible to the senses or the mind; "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream".

3. Not perceptible to the touch; "an impalpable pulse".

Date "impalpable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Etymology: Impalpable \Im*pal"pa*ble\, adjective. [Prefix im- not palpable: compare to the French expression impalpable.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Mining	Extremely fine, so that no grains or grit can be felt. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Impalpable

Synonym: intangible (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: palpable (adj), tangible (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Littleness	Impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial; infinitesimal, homoeopathic; atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular; rudimentary, rudimental; embryonic, vestigial.
Numbness	Adjective: numb; benumbed. Verb: deadened; intangible, impalpable.
Pulverulence	Adjective: powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous; arenose, arenarious, arenaceous; gritty, efflorescent, impalpable; lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline; sporaceous, sporous.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Impalpable

English words defined with "impalpable": aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, Alcoholization ♦ ethereal ♦ Impalpably ♦ Levigate ♦ Mineral blue ♦ Spanish white ♦ Triturate, Trituration. (references)

Specialty definitions using "impalpable": blended cement ♦ Murex process. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Impalpable" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (airy, impalpable), Spanish (impalpable).

Author	Quotation
W. Stanley Jevons	Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He would fade into something impalpable under her eyes and then in a moment, he would be transfigured.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Impalpable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Impalpable" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	16	87,710

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "impalpable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i pakuptueshëm (abstruse, elusive, fathomless, illegible, impenetrable, inapprehensible, incomprehensible, intangible, obscure, thick, unattainable, unclear, unintelligible, unknowable, unmeaning, unsearchable), i pakapshëm (elusive, elusory, inaccessible, inappreciable, inapprehensible, incomprehensible, intangible, shifty, unreachable). (various references)

Arabic		‏لا يمكن إدراكه بحاسة اللمس, ‏غير محسوس. (various references)

Bulgarian		неусетен (imperceptible), неуловим (elusive, evasive, imperceptible, inappreciable, intangible, tenuous, volatile), неразличим (inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinguishable, invisible), неосезаем (ethereal, intangible), недоловим (inapprehensible, inaudible, indistinguishable), много ситен. (various references)

Czech		nehmatatelný. (various references)

Danish		impalpabeli, ufølelig. (various references)

Dutch		impalpabel. (various references)

Farsi		لمس نشدنی , غیرمحسوس (Imperceptible, Inappreciative, Inconspicuous, Invisible). (various references)

French		impalpable. (various references)

German		unfühlbar. (various references)

Greek		ανεπαίσθητοσ (imperceptible, inappreciable, insensible), αψηλάφητος. (various references)

Hungarian		tapinthatatlan. (various references)

Italian		impalpabile. (various references)

Manx		neuloaghtagh (abstract, insensible, intangible). (various references)

Pig Latin		impalpableay.(various references)

Portuguese		impalpável (ethereality, intangible). (various references)

Romanian		intangibil (intangible, taboo, tabu), impalpabil, nepalpabil, greu de identificat, greu de distins. (various references)

Russian		неосязаемый (intangible), неощутимый (imponderable, inappreciable, insensible). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neshvatljiv (inapprehensible, incomprehensible, inconceivable, unfathomable), neopipljiv (intangible). (various references)

Spanish		impalpable. (various references)

Swedish		vag (airy, diaphanous, foggy, inarticulate, indefinite, indeterminate, intangible, loose, obscure, obtuse, vague), som inte kan kännas, ogripbar (intangible). (various references)

Thai		ซึ่งสัมผัสไม่ไ�"้ (intangible), ซึ่งยากที่จะเข้าใจ (esoteric). (various references)

Turkish		kavraması zor, elle tutulamaz, ele gelmez. (various references)

Ukranian		невідчутний, невловимий (eely, elusive, evasive, intangible). (various references)

Vietnamese		rất mịn khó nhận thức được, khó sờ thấy; rất nhỏ, khó cảm thấy; rất tinh tế. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Impalpable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: impalable, impalpavle, impapable, inhalable. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "impalpable" (pronounced 'Im*pal"pa*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable, Affirmable, Affordable, Aggrandizable, Agible, Agitable, Agreeable, Alarmable, Alible, Alienable, Alkalifiable, Allegeable, Alliable, Allottable, Allowable, Alterable, Amassable, Ameliorable, Amenable, Amendable, Amerceable, Amiable, Amicable, Amissible, Amortizable, Amovable, Amusable, Analyzable, Anchorable, Annihilable, Annullable, Annunciable, Answerable, Appealable, Appeasable, Appellable, Appetible, Applausable, Appliable, Applicable, Appointable, Apposable, Appraisable, Appreciable, Apprehensible, Approachable, Appropriable, Approvable, Aptable, Arbitrable, Arguable, Argumentable, Ascendable, Ascendible, Ascertainable, Ascribable, Aspectable, Assailable, Assaultable, Assayable, Assessable, Assignable, Assimilable, Associable, Assumable, Atonable, Attachable, Attackable, Attainable, Attemptable, Attractable, Attributable, Augmentable, Authorizable, Available, Avertible, Avoidable, Avouchable, Avowable, Bailable, Balanceable, Bankable, Baptizable, Batable, Battable, Bauble, Bawble, Bearable, Bedabble, Bedrabble, Bedribble, Beggable, Behoovable, Bejumble, Believable, Bendable, Bequeathable, Bescribble, Betumble, Bewailable, Bibble-babble, bible, Biddable, Bipartible, Blamable, Boardable, Boatable, Borable, Bowable, Breakable, Breathable, Bribable, Burnable, Calcinable, Calculable, Capable, Carriable, Carriageable, Catchable, Causable, Censurable, Cessible, Challengeable, Chanceable, Changeable, Chargeable, Charitable, Chasable, Chastisable, Chasuble, Cheatable, Circulable, Circumnavigable, Circumscribable, Circumscriptible, Circumstantiable, Citable, Civilizable, Claimable, Classible, Classifiable, Cleansable, Cleavable, Clergyable, Climbable, Clubbable, Coagulable, Coctible, Coercible, Cogitable, Cognizable, Cognoscible, Cohesible, Collatable, Collectible, Colliquable, Colorable, Combatable, Combinable, Commandable, Commeasurable, Commemorable, Commendable, Commensurable, Commiserable, Committable, Committible, Commonable, Communicable, Commutable, Compactible, Companable, Companiable, Companionable, Comparable, Compassable, Compassionable, Compatible, Compellable, Competible, Complainable, Compliable, Comportable, Compossible, Compoundable, Comprehensible, Compressible, Comptible, Computable, Concealable, Conceivable, Conceptible, Conclusible, Concordable, Concrescible, Concupiscible, Condemnable, Condensable, Condensible, Conducible, Conductible, Conferrable, Confinable, Confirmable, Confiscable, Confluxible, Conformable, Confusable, Confutable, Congeable, Congealable, Conjecturable, Conquerable, Conscionable, Conservable, Considerable, Consolable, Consortable, Constable, Constrainable, Consumable, Containable, Contaminable, Contemptible, Conterminable, Contestable, Continuable, Contractible, Contradictable, Contributable, Contrivble, Controllable, Controvertible, Conusable, Conversable, Conversible, Convertible, Conveyable, Convict1ible, Convincible, Corbel-table, Correlatable, Corrigible, Corrodible, Corrosible, Corrumpable, Counselable, countable, Countermandable, Coupable, Covenable, Covetable, Creable, Creatable, Credible, Creditable, Criticisable, Crucible, Crummable, Crystallizable, Cullible, Culpable, Cultivable, Cultivatable, Culturable, Curable, Customable, Damageable, Damnable, Datable, Debatable, Deceivable, Deceptible, Decerptible, decidable, Decipherable, Declarable, Declinable, Decoctible, Decomposable, Decompoundable, Decreeable, Deducible, Deductible, Defatigable, Defeasible, Defectible, Defendable, Defensible, Definable, Deflagrable, Deflectable, Deleble, Delectable, Delightable, Delineable, Delitable, Deliverable, Deludable, Demandable, Demisable, Demonstrable, Demountable, Demurrable, Deniable, Denominable, Denotable, Departable, Depectible, Dependable, Depertible, Deplorable, Deposable, Deprecable, Depredable, Deprehensible, Deprivable, Deputable, Derivable, Descendible, Describable, Desiderable, Designable, Desirable, Despicable, Despisable, Destinable, Destroyable, Destructible, Detachable, Determinable, Detestable, Developable, Devisable, Devitable, Devourable, Diffusible, Digestible, Diggable, Dilatable, Dimble, Diminishable, Dirigible, Disadvantageable, Disagreeable, Disallowable, Discernible, Disciplinable, Discomfortable, Discommendable, Disconformable. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-i-l-l-m-p-p"
	-2 letters: mailable, mappable, palpable, papillae.
	-3 letters: amiable, papilla, pliable.
	-4 letters: abelia, alible, appall, appeal, baalim, impala, impale, labial, labile, lambie, lamiae, liable, mallei, paella, paleal, pallia, palpal, pimple.
	-5 letters: abamp, abeam, amble, ameba, ample, appal, appel, apple, blame, blimp, email, ileal, impel, label, labia, lamia, lapel, libel, limba, limpa, llama, maile, maill, maple, mille, milpa, palea, palpi, pampa, papal, pepla, pibal, pilea, pipal.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-l-l-m-p-p"
	+5 letters: impalpabilities.
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