intangible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   hard to pin down or identify

   An intangible feeling of impending disaster.

2. 2
   adj

   incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch

   The intangible constituent of energy- James Jeans.

3. 3
   adj

   (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value

   Intangible assets such as good will.

Common collocations

• intangible asset Adjective + noun

Borrowed from Middle French intangible, from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

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