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   In·tan·gi·ble

   /inˈtanjəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence: "my companions do not care about cyberspace or anything else so intangible" Similar impalpableuntouchableimperceptible to the touchnonphysicalbodilessincorporealunembodieddisembodiedabstractinvisibleetherealinsubstantialairyaerialspiritualghostlyspectralphantomwraithliketranscendentalunearthlysupernaturalrare:immaterialunbodieddiscarnatedisincarnatephantasmalphantasmicOpposite tangible
   • ▪ difficult or impossible to define or understand; vague and abstract: "the rose symbolized something intangible about their relationship" Similar indefinableindescribableinexpressiblenamelessvagueobscureunclearhazydimmysteriousindefiniteunanalyzablesubtleelusivefugitiveOpposite clear
   • ▪ (of an asset or benefit) not constituting or represented by a physical object and of a value not precisely measurable: "intangible business property like trademarks and patents"

   noun

   • 1. an intangible thing: "intangibles like self-confidence and responsibility"

   Word Origin early 17th century (as an adjective): from French, or from medieval Latin intangibilis, from in- ‘not’ + late Latin tangibilis (see tangible).

   Derivatives

   • 1. intangibility noun
   • 2. intangibly adverb

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