Tan"gi*ble (?), a. [L. tangibilis, fr.
tangere to touch: cf. F. tangible. See Tangent.]
1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable.
Bacon.
2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily
apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. "A
tangible blunder." Byron.
Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and
others.
Southey.
-- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. --
Tan"gi*bly, adv.