palpability
- noun
- /pælˈpæbɪlɪti/
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palpabilidad
- The artist used vibrant colors to create a work that had a palpable energy and palpability which drew viewers in.
Examples
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The link to palpability is the best way to show visually what the surface of something is like to touch is to show how fluid interacts with it.
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The palpability and the directness of loss are very real for my generation.
Academic text (2012) -
The atmosphere feels filled rather than empty, with a palpability both meteorological and psychological.
Academic text (2005) -
I don't know, palpability?
Blog text (7) -
Like those of all imagined characters of unusual force and palpability, Polonius's domains have expanded from literature to life, where he has become a label, a social category.
Academic text (2002) -
The palpability of the tension between the characters made the scene both exciting and suspenseful.
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After the earthquake, there was a clear palpability in the air, as everyone felt the lingering fear of aftershocks.
Synonyms
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How something is to the touch
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How easily something can be touched
The state of being able to be touched or felt
How something feels when you touch it
A quality you can feel when you touch something, like softness or temperature
Antonyms
How Palpable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Palpability comes from the Latin palpare meaning 'to touch' or 'to stroke', and the same root is in English words like palpable and palpate. So, palpability is the quality of being easy to feel or touch, which helps explain why we use it for things you can physically or clearly sense.