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Definition of Intangibility
1. Noun. The quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch.
Generic synonyms: Immateriality, Incorporeality
Derivative terms: Impalpable, Intangible, Intangible, Intangible, Intangible, Intangible, Intangible
Antonyms: Palpability, Tangibility
Definition of Intangibility
1. n. The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness.
Definition of Intangibility
1. Noun. The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intangibility
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Intangibility
Literary usage of Intangibility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"... leaf dropping through the air; to have escaped his vision one must have had
the power to dissolve into the intangibility of the atmosphere one breathed. ..."
2. The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National by Norman Angell (1913)
"... upon English credit —Confiscation of an enemy's property an economic impossibility
under modern conditions—intangibility of a community's wealth. ..."
3. A Historical Memoir of Frà Dolcino and His Times;...: Being an Account of a by Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga (1853)
"Resisted by Governments. —36. By the People—Fate of earliest Inquisitors. — 37.
Triumph of Intolerance. — Blind horror of Heresy. —38. Its intangibility. ..."
4. How to Teach Reading in the Public Schools by Solomon Henry Clark (1901)
"intangibility may be explained by showing what is meant by a tangible subject.
The spelling lesson is tangible; the arithmetic lesson is tangible. ..."
5. Arms and Industry: A Study of the Foundations of International Polity by Norman Angell (1914)
"If this is not intangibility the word has no meaning. ... Just how far this
intangibility renders nugatory such devices of conquest as an indemnity, ..."
6. Educational Review by Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew, Charles Alexander Nelson (1898)
"... vocal expression; and third, the intangibility of vocal expression. It is not
within the scope of this article to dwell on the first of these reasons. ..."
7. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1873)
"But this is no proof, for the intangibility of sound does not establish its
eternity, since these two qualities do not always go together; for intangibility ..."
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