intangible
adjEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French intangible, from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.
- derived from tango
- derived from tangibilis
- derived from intangibilis
- borrowed from intangible
Definitions
Incapable of being perceived by the senses
Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.
Anything intangible.
- Diaghilev's love for Nijinsky was as deep and as sincere and reliant as a bond could be, it being based on all those intangibles of love that cannot be enumerated.
Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks,…
Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at intangible. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at intangible. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at intangible
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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