tangibility
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- noun
- /tænˈdʒɪbɪlɪti/
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tangibilidad
- What distinguishes oil painting from any other form of painting is its special ability to render the tangibility, texture, and solidity of what it depicts.
Examples
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The connection with the lesson provides a reassuring tangibility.
Academic text (2003) -
In a virtual reality game, the tangibility of the environment makes the experience more immersive.
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Like you said before, people pay for tangibility, people don't pay for improvement.
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Real action, as such, will be limited to material needs and relegated to the tangibility of objects.
Academic text (1993) -
I feel the same way about the tangibility and personality of handwriting.
Blog text (14) -
Therefore, tangibility is the key factor in deciding the determinants of capital structure.
Academic text (2018) -
The tangibility of a CD gave it weight, both physically and psychologically.
Blog text (20) -
But I still believe there is a time and place for paper, for tangibility, for relationship, for slowness, yes, even for tedium.
Blog text (31) -
The artist's use of color enhances the tangibility of the objects in the painting.
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The architect emphasized the tangibility of natural materials to create a warm and welcoming space.
Synonyms
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To feel touch, pressure, heat, or pain through the skin
The state of being able to be touched or felt
How something feels when you touch it
How easy something is to feel by touch
A quality you can feel when you touch something, like softness or temperature
Antonyms
How Tangible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tangibility comes from the Latin verb tangere 'to touch' and shares the same root as tangible. So tangibility is the quality of being able to be touched, which is why we use it when something feels physically real.