impalpability

noun — 2 senses

impalpability

noun

UK /ɪmpælpəˈbɪlɪtɪ/

Etymology Formed as impalpable + -ity; compare the French impalpabilité.

› The quality of being impalpable; intangibility.

1

Usually Physical imperceptibility; incapability of being sensed by the tactual faculties.

2

Usually Ungraspability by or inapprehensibility to the mind.

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