Definition of impalpable in English:

impalpable

adjective ɪmˈpalpəb(ə)lɪmˈpælpəb(ə)l

1Unable to be felt by touch.
an impalpable ghost
Example sentencesExamples
- It's not that they lacked a faith in the impalpable, but rather that the impalpable-love, for example-grew out of the material world and our imaginative associations with it.
- Up to 70% of important abnormalities detected by screening are impalpable, and image guided fine needle aspiration or core biopsy is necessary.
- Bold choices are attenuated by combination with impalpable chiffon.
- In palpation you can discover the size and shape of normally palpable organs, find normally impalpable organs, discover palpable masses that are not normally present, and detect the location and degree of tenderness.
- Hypothermia may render the carotid pulse impalpable, but it is important not to start chest compression without evidence of cardiac arrest.
- About one-fourth of the tumors treated with the chosen dose became impalpable 10 days after but all of them showed recurrence within the next 2 weeks.
- We strongly recommend careful exploration of the abdomen tracing the vas and vessels before labeling impalpable testes as absent.
- His own identity was fading into a grey impalpable world: the solid world itself, which these dead had one time reared and lived in, was dissolving and dwindling…
- It stands to reason then that intangible means not tangible, unable to touch, or impalpable.
- Yet the apparent paradox of associating touch with something that is intangible and impalpable is not as odd as it might seem.
- It became impalpable, and I said, ‘It's too late, she's gone.’
- What is your preferred surgical treatment for impalpable testis, and why?
Synonyms
intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal, unable to be touched, imperceptible to the touch
indefinable, elusive, hard to define/describe, undescribable
rare immaterial, unbodied, discarnate
1. 1.1 Not easily comprehended.
  how would anyone come to a decision about something so impalpable as personhood?
  Example sentencesExamples
  Not that I would mind selling millions of books to people with impalpable senses of humor, but I've actually been reading his column to find out which clichés and bad jokes to avoid.
  Great teaching has an impalpable quality that does not always translate well into reminiscence.
  Their music surely carries that similar impalpable layer of emotion.
  The markets, as we know, function with that impalpable factor called confidence.
  What I meant by that, I think, was that something in the atmosphere of these places - indefinable, impalpable - clustered life into articulate and significant relationships.
  Some people claimed that spending all their money on extravagant luxuries was a way to contradict the invisible, nearly impalpable feeling, while others based their life on research and potions against aging.
  For all the book's rigour it is its poetry - the play of charged imagery, the sense of something impalpable that outlasts analysis - that one most remembers.
  But how do you put a price on what we sell, which is more impalpable, insidious, sad and empty than the decay that you read here?

Derivatives

impalpability

noun ɪmpalpəˈbɪlɪtiɪmˌpælpəˈbɪlədi

Stephen's vision of the bird-girl at the close of this section illustrates both the continuing power of the regressive force of silence and impalpability, and the power of the epiphanic mode to undermine this regression.

impalpably

adverb

Ever since Charles Darwin noted ‘the falling of impalpably fine dust‘while crossing the Atlantic during his famous scientific voyage aboard the Beagle, seafarers and researchers have observed African particulates far out to sea.

Origin

Early 16th century: from French, or from late Latin impalpabilis, from in- 'not' + palpabilis (see palpable).

Definition of impalpable in US English:

impalpable

adjectiveimˈpalpəb(ə)lɪmˈpælpəb(ə)l

1Unable to be felt by touch.
an impalpable ghost
Example sentencesExamples
- It became impalpable, and I said, ‘It's too late, she's gone.’
- In palpation you can discover the size and shape of normally palpable organs, find normally impalpable organs, discover palpable masses that are not normally present, and detect the location and degree of tenderness.
- It stands to reason then that intangible means not tangible, unable to touch, or impalpable.
- We strongly recommend careful exploration of the abdomen tracing the vas and vessels before labeling impalpable testes as absent.
- His own identity was fading into a grey impalpable world: the solid world itself, which these dead had one time reared and lived in, was dissolving and dwindling…
- About one-fourth of the tumors treated with the chosen dose became impalpable 10 days after but all of them showed recurrence within the next 2 weeks.
- Hypothermia may render the carotid pulse impalpable, but it is important not to start chest compression without evidence of cardiac arrest.
- What is your preferred surgical treatment for impalpable testis, and why?
- Up to 70% of important abnormalities detected by screening are impalpable, and image guided fine needle aspiration or core biopsy is necessary.
- Bold choices are attenuated by combination with impalpable chiffon.
- It's not that they lacked a faith in the impalpable, but rather that the impalpable-love, for example-grew out of the material world and our imaginative associations with it.
- Yet the apparent paradox of associating touch with something that is intangible and impalpable is not as odd as it might seem.
Synonyms
intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal, unable to be touched, imperceptible to the touch
1. 1.1 Not easily comprehended.
  something so impalpable as personhood
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some people claimed that spending all their money on extravagant luxuries was a way to contradict the invisible, nearly impalpable feeling, while others based their life on research and potions against aging.
  Their music surely carries that similar impalpable layer of emotion.
  Not that I would mind selling millions of books to people with impalpable senses of humor, but I've actually been reading his column to find out which clichés and bad jokes to avoid.
  But how do you put a price on what we sell, which is more impalpable, insidious, sad and empty than the decay that you read here?
  Great teaching has an impalpable quality that does not always translate well into reminiscence.
  The markets, as we know, function with that impalpable factor called confidence.
  What I meant by that, I think, was that something in the atmosphere of these places - indefinable, impalpable - clustered life into articulate and significant relationships.
  For all the book's rigour it is its poetry - the play of charged imagery, the sense of something impalpable that outlasts analysis - that one most remembers.

Origin

Early 16th century: from French, or from late Latin impalpabilis, from in- ‘not’ + palpabilis (see palpable).

单词	impalpable
释义	Definition of impalpable in English: impalpable adjective ɪmˈpalpəb(ə)lɪmˈpælpəb(ə)l 1Unable to be felt by touch. an impalpable ghost Example sentencesExamples It's not that they lacked a faith in the impalpable, but rather that the impalpable-love, for example-grew out of the material world and our imaginative associations with it. Up to 70% of important abnormalities detected by screening are impalpable, and image guided fine needle aspiration or core biopsy is necessary. Bold choices are attenuated by combination with impalpable chiffon. In palpation you can discover the size and shape of normally palpable organs, find normally impalpable organs, discover palpable masses that are not normally present, and detect the location and degree of tenderness. Hypothermia may render the carotid pulse impalpable, but it is important not to start chest compression without evidence of cardiac arrest. About one-fourth of the tumors treated with the chosen dose became impalpable 10 days after but all of them showed recurrence within the next 2 weeks. We strongly recommend careful exploration of the abdomen tracing the vas and vessels before labeling impalpable testes as absent. His own identity was fading into a grey impalpable world: the solid world itself, which these dead had one time reared and lived in, was dissolving and dwindling… It stands to reason then that intangible means not tangible, unable to touch, or impalpable. Yet the apparent paradox of associating touch with something that is intangible and impalpable is not as odd as it might seem. It became impalpable, and I said, ‘It's too late, she's gone.’ What is your preferred surgical treatment for impalpable testis, and why? Synonyms intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal, unable to be touched, imperceptible to the touch indefinable, elusive, hard to define/describe, undescribable rare immaterial, unbodied, discarnate 1.1 Not easily comprehended. how would anyone come to a decision about something so impalpable as personhood? Example sentencesExamples Not that I would mind selling millions of books to people with impalpable senses of humor, but I've actually been reading his column to find out which clichés and bad jokes to avoid. Great teaching has an impalpable quality that does not always translate well into reminiscence. Their music surely carries that similar impalpable layer of emotion. The markets, as we know, function with that impalpable factor called confidence. What I meant by that, I think, was that something in the atmosphere of these places - indefinable, impalpable - clustered life into articulate and significant relationships. Some people claimed that spending all their money on extravagant luxuries was a way to contradict the invisible, nearly impalpable feeling, while others based their life on research and potions against aging. For all the book's rigour it is its poetry - the play of charged imagery, the sense of something impalpable that outlasts analysis - that one most remembers. But how do you put a price on what we sell, which is more impalpable, insidious, sad and empty than the decay that you read here? Derivatives impalpability noun ɪmpalpəˈbɪlɪtiɪmˌpælpəˈbɪlədi Stephen's vision of the bird-girl at the close of this section illustrates both the continuing power of the regressive force of silence and impalpability, and the power of the epiphanic mode to undermine this regression. impalpably adverb Ever since Charles Darwin noted ‘the falling of impalpably fine dust‘while crossing the Atlantic during his famous scientific voyage aboard the Beagle, seafarers and researchers have observed African particulates far out to sea. Origin Early 16th century: from French, or from late Latin impalpabilis, from in- 'not' + palpabilis (see palpable). Definition of impalpable in US English: impalpable adjectiveimˈpalpəb(ə)lɪmˈpælpəb(ə)l 1Unable to be felt by touch. an impalpable ghost Example sentencesExamples It became impalpable, and I said, ‘It's too late, she's gone.’ In palpation you can discover the size and shape of normally palpable organs, find normally impalpable organs, discover palpable masses that are not normally present, and detect the location and degree of tenderness. It stands to reason then that intangible means not tangible, unable to touch, or impalpable. We strongly recommend careful exploration of the abdomen tracing the vas and vessels before labeling impalpable testes as absent. His own identity was fading into a grey impalpable world: the solid world itself, which these dead had one time reared and lived in, was dissolving and dwindling… About one-fourth of the tumors treated with the chosen dose became impalpable 10 days after but all of them showed recurrence within the next 2 weeks. Hypothermia may render the carotid pulse impalpable, but it is important not to start chest compression without evidence of cardiac arrest. What is your preferred surgical treatment for impalpable testis, and why? Up to 70% of important abnormalities detected by screening are impalpable, and image guided fine needle aspiration or core biopsy is necessary. Bold choices are attenuated by combination with impalpable chiffon. It's not that they lacked a faith in the impalpable, but rather that the impalpable-love, for example-grew out of the material world and our imaginative associations with it. Yet the apparent paradox of associating touch with something that is intangible and impalpable is not as odd as it might seem. Synonyms intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal, unable to be touched, imperceptible to the touch 1.1 Not easily comprehended. something so impalpable as personhood Example sentencesExamples Some people claimed that spending all their money on extravagant luxuries was a way to contradict the invisible, nearly impalpable feeling, while others based their life on research and potions against aging. Their music surely carries that similar impalpable layer of emotion. Not that I would mind selling millions of books to people with impalpable senses of humor, but I've actually been reading his column to find out which clichés and bad jokes to avoid. But how do you put a price on what we sell, which is more impalpable, insidious, sad and empty than the decay that you read here? Great teaching has an impalpable quality that does not always translate well into reminiscence. The markets, as we know, function with that impalpable factor called confidence. What I meant by that, I think, was that something in the atmosphere of these places - indefinable, impalpable - clustered life into articulate and significant relationships. For all the book's rigour it is its poetry - the play of charged imagery, the sense of something impalpable that outlasts analysis - that one most remembers. Origin Early 16th century: from French, or from late Latin impalpabilis, from in- ‘not’ + palpabilis (see palpable).
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