palpable

palpable
adj.
touchable, palpable (tocable).
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palpable
► adjetivo
1 palpable
2 figurado (evidente) obvious, evident
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ADJ
1) [con las manos] palpable, tangible
2) (=claro, evidente) palpable, obvious, palpable
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adjetivo (claro, evidente) palpable (frml), obvious; (al tacto) palpable, tangible
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= discernible [discernable], palpable, on the ground, visible, manifest, tangible.
Nota: Para otros adjetivos terminados con este sufijo véase 'ible'.
Ex. It is the cool and perfectly proper expression of a confident professionalism, still only faintly discernible.
Ex. His manner positively carried with it a chill as palpable as that now in the street.
Ex. It is difficult to know just to what extent vague concepts like 'the flow of information in a democratic society' actually result in services on the ground.
Ex. Since a software package is to be sold it must be visible on the marketplace.
Ex. A close knowledge of the institution is also needed to distinguish between professed objectives, the official and manifest ones which appear in organizational preambles, and the practiced ones which are often latent in the operating program.
Ex. Nothing in the world is ever going to be 100 percent perfect, but computer problems are more immediate and more tangible.
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* palpable en = in evidence in.
* prueba palpable = living proof.
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adjetivo (claro, evidente) palpable (frml), obvious; (al tacto) palpable, tangible
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= discernible [discernable], palpable, on the ground, visible, manifest, tangible.
Nota: Para otros adjetivos terminados con este sufijo véase 'ible'.

Ex: It is the cool and perfectly proper expression of a confident professionalism, still only faintly discernible.

Ex: His manner positively carried with it a chill as palpable as that now in the street.
Ex: It is difficult to know just to what extent vague concepts like 'the flow of information in a democratic society' actually result in services on the ground.
Ex: Since a software package is to be sold it must be visible on the marketplace.
Ex: A close knowledge of the institution is also needed to distinguish between professed objectives, the official and manifest ones which appear in organizational preambles, and the practiced ones which are often latent in the operating program.
Ex: Nothing in the world is ever going to be 100 percent perfect, but computer problems are more immediate and more tangible.
* palpable en = in evidence in.
* prueba palpable = living proof.

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palpable
adjective
1 (claro, evidente) palpable (frml), obvious
2 (al tacto) palpable, tangible
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palpable adjetivo (claro, evidente) palpable (frml), obvious;
(al tacto) palpable, tangible
palpable adjetivo palpable
'palpable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparente
English:
palpable
- tangibly
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palpable adj
1. [que se puede tocar] touchable, palpable
2. [evidente] evident, clear;
el malestar en la empresa es palpable the unease within the company is evident;
había una tensión palpable en la habitación there was a noticeably strained atmosphere in the room
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palpable
adj fig
palpable
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palpable adj
: palpable, tangible

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