tangible
adjective /ˈtændʒəbl/
/ˈtændʒəbl/
- [usually before noun] that can be clearly seen to exist
- tangible benefits/improvements/results, etc.
- We cannot accept his findings without tangible evidence.
- tangible assets (= a company’s buildings, machinery, etc.)
- that you can touch or feel
- The tension between them was almost tangible.
opposite intangible
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin tangibilis, from tangere ‘to touch’.