Tan"gi*ble (?), a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch: cf. F. tangible. See Tangent.]
1.
Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.
Bacon.
2.
Capable of being possessed or realized; readily apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.
"A
tangible blunder."
Byron.
Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.
Southey.
-- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- Tan"gi*bly, adv.
© Webster 1913.