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.

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

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