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    • palpable :capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
      • a barely palpable dust|felt sudden anger in a palpable wave|the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton|a palpable lie

    • palpable :(medicine) can be felt by palpation
      • a palpable tumor

    • palpable :clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
      • the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields|evident hostility|manifest disapproval|patent advantages|made his meaning plain|it is plain that he is no reactionary|in plain view|a palpable lie

    • palpable :so intense as to be almost touched or felt
      • there was a palpable sense of joy in the air

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