intangibleadj.n.

/ɪnˈtandʒɪb(ə)l/

Etymology: < medieval Latin intangibilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + Latin tangibilis tangible adj. and n.: compare French intangible (1508 in Godefroy Compl.).

A. adj.

a. Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not cognizable by the sense of touch; impalpable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adjective] > not perceptible by the senses or beyond the senses

unsensiblec1380

insensible1509

imperceptible1536

ungropable1558

untouchable1567

unfeelable1609

unsensive1616

intactible1623

intangible1640

supersensual1647

intactile1660

supersensitive1701

touchless1767

supersensible1795

untangible1816

insensile1822

ungraspable1822

suprasensitive1825

suprasensible1831

suprasensuous1838

subsensual1840

unsensuous1850

supersensational1853

insensuousa1861

1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1684) ii. 148 A Man should be still in danger of knocking his head against every Wall and Pillar; unless it were also intangible, as some of the Peripateticks affirm.

1717 S. Clarke Papers between Leibnitz & Clarke 151 The Means by which Two Bodies attract each other, may be invisible and intangible.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation iii. iii. 464 The proportion of monied and other moveable and all but intangible property..has increased ten-fold since the accession of George I.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. iii. 76 The assumption of this wonderful intangible aether.

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 78 Incorporeal [things] are those that are intangible..such as an inheritance, a usufruct.

b. figurative. That cannot be grasped mentally.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective]

uncouthc897

unnimlyc1225

incomprehensiblea1340

unsearchablec1384

unknowable?c1400

investigablea1425

uncomprehensiblea1425

unthinkablec1445

imperscrutablec1450

inscrutablec1450

inopinable?a1475

incomprenable1502

unspectable?1504

incogitablec1522

uncogitable1529

impenetrable1531

inimaginable1534

inexplicable1555

unsensible1555

unscrutable1562

unfashionable1563

unpenetrable1581

unexcogitable1592

ineffable1598

inexcogitable1599

indivinable1603

ininvestigable1604

incapable1605

searchless?1606

uncomprehensive1609

unconceivable1611

undivinable1611

unimaginable1611

unexplicable1615

unintelligible1616

unapprehensible?1617

unfathomable1617

imprehensible1622

ununderstandablea1631

indeprehensible1633

indiscernible1635

inscrute1639

inapprehensiblea1641

indiscoverable1640

unexaminable1641

impervestigable1643

fathomless1645

inconceivable1646

indeterminable1646

inexplorable1646

insearchable1647

incomprehended1652

comprehendlessa1654

incomprehensive1656

untraceable1661

uninvestigablea1677

unintelligent1683

incognoscible1691

thought-transcendinga1711

uncognizable1720

acataleptic1727

undescriptive1744

elusive1751

impalpable1781

inaccessible1796

unconjecturable1806

uncognoscible1821

unascertainable1827

unfixable1831

unguessable1832

unrealizable1832

unsurveyable1833

hard-shelled1835

unintellective1837

undeemed1845

graspless1849

unconjectured1850

incognizable1852

ungraspable1853

unreadable1853

super-cerebral1854

elusory1856

trans-conscious1865

intangible1880

uncatchable1892

unspelt1892

unplumbable1895

unknowledgeable1920

indiscutable1933

1880 Mem. John Legge 127 To the irreligious man all this is intangible, unintelligible.

1898 W. M. Ramsay Was Christ born in Bethlehem? 20 This abstract and rather intangible argument must yield to the demonstration of hard facts.

c. Inviolable.

ΚΠ

1929 Daily Tel. 8 Aug. 11/2 Acceptance of the Young plan as an intangible and indivisible whole.

B. n.

Anything intangible; spec. (in plural) = intangible assets, i.e. assets (e.g. goodwill, rights, etc.) which cannot easily or precisely be measured.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > assets

family jewels1819

asset1825

net asset1863

fixed asset1898

intangible1914

net current asset1919

hidden reserve1930

tangible assets1930

family silver1976

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun] > instance of

lock1563

incomprehensibility1651

inscrutables1665

incomprehensible1678

inconceivable1706

I know not what1711

unknowable1725

unsearchable1725

indefinable1810

a sealed book1814

unknowable1816

unintelligible1838

inconceivability1851

imponderable1855

inscrutablenessa1864

unfathomability1867

unthinkable1871

closed book1913

intangible1914

imponderabilia1925

generation gap1962

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing

spiritual1495

incorporate?1533

immateriality1648

insensible1656

incorporal1678

incorporeity1743

imponderable1855

intangible1914

non-object1914

1914 A. C. McLaughlin & A. B. Hart Cycl. Amer. Govt. III. 496/1 The term ‘personal property’..includes..visible property and intangibles.

1930 Economist 29 Mar. 710/1 Net tangible assets may be defined as total assets less ‘intangibles’ (goodwill, patents, etc.), current liabilities, and funded debt.

1933 Discovery Oct. 313/2 Scientific changes were coming in so thick and fast that other factors in social life—the intangibles of credit, the improvements in political and international ideas—were unequal to the task of accommodating them.

1949 Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 30/3 The intangibles—the many local developments—being not reducible to statistics, the food of all bureaucracy, count for nothing.

1957 Economist 19 Oct. (Suppl.) 1/2 The success of individual motor producers will depend mainly upon intangibles such as the success of their design policy.

Derivatives

inˈtangibleness n.

ΚΠ

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Intangibleness, the quality of being intangible.

inˈtangibly adv. so as to be intangible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adverb]

immateriallya1398

incorporeally1626

indistantly1656

intangibly1678

unextendedly1678

impalpably1796

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 769 That which is Extended also, but Penetrably and Intangibly, which is Space or Vacuum.

1887 E. F. Byrrne Heir without Heritage II. v. 91 The most intangibly delicate sense of duty.

Draft additions September 2017

intangible property n. Law property (such as shares, trademarks, and patents) which has no physical existence; opposed to tangible property n. at tangible adj. and n. Additions.

ΚΠ

1834 Amer. Jurist & Law Mag. Apr. 300 The right of attachment should extend..to intangible property, such as shares in corporations.

1924 J. R. Commons Legal Found. Capitalism v.160 To the first corporation these stocks and bonds are intangible property.

1970 Jrnl. Econ. Issues 4 40 Claims may be rather ethereal when we consider intangible property, such as trade names.

2015 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 31 Mar. 44 Intangible property can be relocated at the click of a mouse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	intangible
释义	intangibleadj.n. /ɪnˈtandʒɪb(ə)l/ Etymology: < medieval Latin intangibilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + Latin tangibilis tangible adj. and n.: compare French intangible (1508 in Godefroy Compl.). A. adj. a. Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not cognizable by the sense of touch; impalpable. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adjective] > not perceptible by the senses or beyond the senses unsensiblec1380 insensible1509 imperceptible1536 ungropable1558 untouchable1567 unfeelable1609 unsensive1616 intactible1623 intangible1640 supersensual1647 intactile1660 supersensitive1701 touchless1767 supersensible1795 untangible1816 insensile1822 ungraspable1822 suprasensitive1825 suprasensible1831 suprasensuous1838 subsensual1840 unsensuous1850 supersensational1853 insensuousa1861 1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1684) ii. 148 A Man should be still in danger of knocking his head against every Wall and Pillar; unless it were also intangible, as some of the Peripateticks affirm. 1717 S. Clarke Papers between Leibnitz & Clarke 151 The Means by which Two Bodies attract each other, may be invisible and intangible. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation iii. iii. 464 The proportion of monied and other moveable and all but intangible property..has increased ten-fold since the accession of George I. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. iii. 76 The assumption of this wonderful intangible aether. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 78 Incorporeal [things] are those that are intangible..such as an inheritance, a usufruct. b. figurative. That cannot be grasped mentally. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective] uncouthc897 unnimlyc1225 incomprehensiblea1340 unsearchablec1384 unknowable?c1400 investigablea1425 uncomprehensiblea1425 unthinkablec1445 imperscrutablec1450 inscrutablec1450 inopinable?a1475 incomprenable1502 unspectable?1504 incogitablec1522 uncogitable1529 impenetrable1531 inimaginable1534 inexplicable1555 unsensible1555 unscrutable1562 unfashionable1563 unpenetrable1581 unexcogitable1592 ineffable1598 inexcogitable1599 indivinable1603 ininvestigable1604 incapable1605 searchless?1606 uncomprehensive1609 unconceivable1611 undivinable1611 unimaginable1611 unexplicable1615 unintelligible1616 unapprehensible?1617 unfathomable1617 imprehensible1622 ununderstandablea1631 indeprehensible1633 indiscernible1635 inscrute1639 inapprehensiblea1641 indiscoverable1640 unexaminable1641 impervestigable1643 fathomless1645 inconceivable1646 indeterminable1646 inexplorable1646 insearchable1647 incomprehended1652 comprehendlessa1654 incomprehensive1656 untraceable1661 uninvestigablea1677 unintelligent1683 incognoscible1691 thought-transcendinga1711 uncognizable1720 acataleptic1727 undescriptive1744 elusive1751 impalpable1781 inaccessible1796 unconjecturable1806 uncognoscible1821 unascertainable1827 unfixable1831 unguessable1832 unrealizable1832 unsurveyable1833 hard-shelled1835 unintellective1837 undeemed1845 graspless1849 unconjectured1850 incognizable1852 ungraspable1853 unreadable1853 super-cerebral1854 elusory1856 trans-conscious1865 intangible1880 uncatchable1892 unspelt1892 unplumbable1895 unknowledgeable1920 indiscutable1933 1880 Mem. John Legge 127 To the irreligious man all this is intangible, unintelligible. 1898 W. M. Ramsay Was Christ born in Bethlehem? 20 This abstract and rather intangible argument must yield to the demonstration of hard facts. c. Inviolable. ΚΠ 1929 Daily Tel. 8 Aug. 11/2 Acceptance of the Young plan as an intangible and indivisible whole. B. n. Anything intangible; spec. (in plural) = intangible assets, i.e. assets (e.g. goodwill, rights, etc.) which cannot easily or precisely be measured. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > assets family jewels1819 asset1825 net asset1863 fixed asset1898 intangible1914 net current asset1919 hidden reserve1930 tangible assets1930 family silver1976 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun] > instance of lock1563 incomprehensibility1651 inscrutables1665 incomprehensible1678 inconceivable1706 I know not what1711 unknowable1725 unsearchable1725 indefinable1810 a sealed book1814 unknowable1816 unintelligible1838 inconceivability1851 imponderable1855 inscrutablenessa1864 unfathomability1867 unthinkable1871 closed book1913 intangible1914 imponderabilia1925 generation gap1962 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing spiritual1495 incorporate?1533 immateriality1648 insensible1656 incorporal1678 incorporeity1743 imponderable1855 intangible1914 non-object1914 1914 A. C. McLaughlin & A. B. Hart Cycl. Amer. Govt. III. 496/1 The term ‘personal property’..includes..visible property and intangibles. 1930 Economist 29 Mar. 710/1 Net tangible assets may be defined as total assets less ‘intangibles’ (goodwill, patents, etc.), current liabilities, and funded debt. 1933 Discovery Oct. 313/2 Scientific changes were coming in so thick and fast that other factors in social life—the intangibles of credit, the improvements in political and international ideas—were unequal to the task of accommodating them. 1949 Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 30/3 The intangibles—the many local developments—being not reducible to statistics, the food of all bureaucracy, count for nothing. 1957 Economist 19 Oct. (Suppl.) 1/2 The success of individual motor producers will depend mainly upon intangibles such as the success of their design policy. Derivatives inˈtangibleness n. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Intangibleness, the quality of being intangible. inˈtangibly adv. so as to be intangible. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adverb] immateriallya1398 incorporeally1626 indistantly1656 intangibly1678 unextendedly1678 impalpably1796 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 769 That which is Extended also, but Penetrably and Intangibly, which is Space or Vacuum. 1887 E. F. Byrrne Heir without Heritage II. v. 91 The most intangibly delicate sense of duty. Draft additions September 2017 intangible property n. Law property (such as shares, trademarks, and patents) which has no physical existence; opposed to tangible property n. at tangible adj. and n. Additions. ΚΠ 1834 Amer. Jurist & Law Mag. Apr. 300 The right of attachment should extend..to intangible property, such as shares in corporations. 1924 J. R. Commons Legal Found. Capitalism v.160 To the first corporation these stocks and bonds are intangible property. 1970 Jrnl. Econ. Issues 4 40 Claims may be rather ethereal when we consider intangible property, such as trade names. 2015 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 31 Mar. 44 Intangible property can be relocated at the click of a mouse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.n.1640
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