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Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible. It rises far above what words can mean or the intelligence define. Its domain is the imponderable and impalpable land of the unconscious.
Charles Munch

Meaning of "impalpable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPALPABLE

impalpable  [ɪmˈpælpəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPALPABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Impalpable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES IMPALPABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Unobservable

An unobservable is an entity whose existence, nature, properties, qualities or relations are not directly observable by humans. In philosophy of science typical examples of "unobservables" are atomic particles, the force of gravity, causation and beliefs or desires. However, some philosophers also characterize all objects — trees, tables, other minds, microbiological things and so on to which humans ascribe as the thing causing their perception—as unobservable. "Unobservables" is a reference similar to Immanuel Kant's distinction between noumena and phenomena. According to Kant humans can never know noumena; all that humans know is the phenomena. Kant's distinction is similar to John Locke's distinction between primary and secondary qualities. Secondary qualities are what humans perceive such as redness, chirping, heat, mustiness or sweetness. Primary qualities would be the actual qualities of the things themselves which give rise to the secondary qualities which humans perceive. The ontological nature and epistemological issues concerning unobservables is a central topic in philosophy of science.

Definition of impalpable in the English dictionary

The definition of impalpable in the dictionary is imperceptible, esp to the touch. Other definition of impalpable is difficult to understand; abstruse.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPALPABLE


capable
ˈkeɪpəbəl
culpable
ˈkʌlpəbəl
developable
dɪˈveləpəbəl
droppable
ˈdrɒpəbəl
exculpable
ɪkˈskʌlpəbəl
graspable
ˈɡrɑːspəbəl
helpable
ˈhelpəbəl
incapable
ɪnˈkeɪpəbəl
inculpable
ɪnˈkʌlpəbəl
inescapable
ˌɪnɪˈskeɪpəbəl
mappable
ˈmæpəbəl
palpable
ˈpælpəbəl
shapeable
ˈʃeɪpəbəl
shippable
ˈʃɪpəbəl
stoppable
ˈstɒpəbəl
strippable
ˈstrɪpəbəl
unescapable
ˌʌnɪˈskeɪpəbəl
unflappable
ʌnˈflæpəbəl
unhelpable
ʌnˈhɛlpəbəl
unstoppable
ʌnˈstɒpəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPALPABLE

impair
impairable
impaired
impairer
impairment
impala
impale
impalement
impaler
impalpability
impalpably
impanation
impanel
impanelled
impanelling
impanelment
imparadise
imparipinnate
imparisyllabic
imparities

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPALPABLE

able
dippable
drapable
escapable
extirpable
groupable
hot-swappable
jumpable
papable
participable
reapable
recappable
recoupable
rippable
scoopable
shapable
snappable
tappable
typable
ungraspable
worshipable

Synonyms and antonyms of impalpable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMPALPABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «impalpable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of impalpable

Translation of «impalpable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPALPABLE

Find out the translation of impalpable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of impalpable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «impalpable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

难以捉摸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impalpable
570 millions of speakers

English

impalpable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अस्पृश्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير محسوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неосязаемое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

impalpável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

impaler
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

impalpable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Impaler
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nicht greifbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

微細な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

만져도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Impaler
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rất mịn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குத்திக்கொல்லன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रवेगक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

impaler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impalpabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewyczuwalny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невідчутне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

impalpabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψηλαφητών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onvoelbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

impalpable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

impalpable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of impalpable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPALPABLE»

The term «impalpable» is normally little used and occupies the 112.389 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPALPABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about impalpable

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2 QUOTES WITH «IMPALPABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word impalpable.
1
Charles Munch
Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible. It rises far above what words can mean or the intelligence define. Its domain is the imponderable and impalpable land of the unconscious.
2
Octavio Paz
Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPALPABLE»

Discover the use of impalpable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to impalpable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Clinical Pediatric Urology
The impalpable testis accounts for 20% of all cryp- torchidism. Testes are considered impalpable when they are intracanalicular and never emerge via the external ring, or are intra-abdominal. They also could be atrophic, dysgenetic, or absent ...
A. Barry Belman, Lowell R. King, Stephen A. Kramer, 2001
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Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
The process of making an oxid of a metal, which process consists In reducing the metal to an Impalpable metallic powder and then slowly oxidizing the powder by heating it in the presence of an oxidizing agent. 2. The process of making an ...
United States. Patent Office, 1907
3
Early Breast Cancer: From Screening to Multidisciplinary ...
The management of impalpable breast lesions should be considered carefully. The majority of cases are asymptomatic women called for further assessment following a routine screening mammogram. Some will have benign lesions, while  ...
Guidubaldo Querci della Rovere, Ruth Warren, John R. Benson, 2005
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
The herein described composition of matter, consisting of a finely comminuted earth group metal, the particles of which have been separately oxidized by calcination to produce a substantially impalpable powder of such fineness as to be ...
‎1915
5
Primary Care Pediatrics
About 20% of all cryptorchid testes are impalpable despite all posturing and positioning maneuvers. Impalpable testes are either present within the abdomen or inguinal canal, or they are atrophic or absent. Bilateral impalpable testes in a ...
Carol Green-Hernandez, Joanne K. Singleton, Daniel Z. Aronzon, 2001
6
Addresses on foreign missions
Well, men say, that is a very impalpable power. Yes, it is ! Do you know any of the greatest forces in nature that are not impalpable ? Light is impalpable. You see its effect, in the spring green and in the autumn splendor, in all the beauty of the ...
Richard Salter Storrs, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1900
7
Viva Practice for the FRCS(Urol) Examination
What percentage of undescended testes are impalpable? A. Around 20% of undescended testes are impalpable (i.e. 80% are palpable). Of these impalpable testes, approximately 40% are intra-abdominal. In 30% the vas and vessels end ...
Manit Arya, 2010
8
The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
F. impaljiabilitc = Pg. impalpabilidade ; as impalpable + -ity.] The quality or state of being impalpable, or imperceptible by touch. He [Gregory the Great] and Eutychius, the Patriarch of Constantinople, had a curious dispute, whether the bodies ...
William Dwight Whitney, 1889
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Smith's Textbook of Endourology
Comparison of computed tomography with high-resolution real-time ultrasound in the localization of the impalpable undescended testicle. Elder, J.S. Ultrasonography is unnecessary in evaluating boys with a nonpalpable testis. Pediatrics ...
Glenn Preminger, Gopal Badlani, Louis Kavoussi, 2011
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
Cotgrave. impal- - , - being impalpable, or imperceptible by touch. He [Gregory the Great] and Butychlus, the Patriarch of Constantinople, had a curious dispute, whether the bodies of the righteous after the resurrection should be solid or ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPALPABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term impalpable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Some profound observations on DS by Soulbury
"Some people consider that history is shaped by impalpable, immaterial forces to which they apply such terms as 'Time Spirit,' 'World Tendency ... «The Island.lk, Jul 15»
2
Beauty contestants shine in Ao Dai debate
“The long dress has been selected as Vietnam's national costume as it is simple but elegant and impalpable, which successfully demonstrates ... «VietNamNet Bridge, Jul 15»
3
Advanced Technology for the Packaging of Coffee
... but thanks to the depression suction system developed by Spreafico, the machine can effectively eliminate all the impalpable residue in order ... «Packaging Europe, Jul 15»
4
Anxiety Over Possible ISIS Attacks in US Expected to End When …
It can determine when the anxiety over impalpable threats should come to a halt because it—and other media outlets—have direct control over ... «Firedoglake, Jul 15»
5
Roberto Saviano: Italy's most hunted author
“The finest white flour on the market – soft, light, almost impalpable – is graded in Italy and South American countries as 000. It has no ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Port-au-Prince, dimanche 4 janvier, de François Marthouret Les …
Au-delà du sacrifice, un autre monde est possible, dans l'impalpable horizon de la dignité des êtres. Lire l'excellente critique du livre par Yves Chemla : [critique ... «Africultures, Jul 15»
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Novel mutations in PAX6, OTX2 and NDP in anophthalmia …
... along with tapered fingers, joint hypermobility throughout, one hypopigmented macule on the belly, impalpable left testis and small scrotum. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
8
Iranian artist holds first solo show in Turkey at Pi Artworks
“The striking clarity of the figures is undermined by the rigorous mystery of the cutout abstractions. … The fictional and impalpable abstractions ... «Today's Zaman, Jun 15»
9
Experimental music thriving in Buenos Aires
Himself a pianist, these colourful pieces have titles like Ecstatic Song in a Sad Landscape, Defunct Instants, The Impalpable Sounds of a ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Jun 15»
10
Zegna Baruffa presents A/W 2016-2017 yarn collection
One of the highlights of this collection is Airy, a blend of mohair and wool, a worsted yarn as light and impalpable as air, ideal to create ethereal ... «Knitting Industry, Jun 15»

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