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Word Meanings - INTANGIBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins. A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being. Marshall. -- In*tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- In*tan"gi*bly, adv.

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  • POPULARIZATION
    The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.
  • GENERALIZED
    Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
  • GENERALIZABLE
    Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge
  • POINTLESSLY
    Without point.
  • GENERALTY
    Generality. Sir M. Hale.
  • UNDETERMINABLE
    Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke.
  • UNCERTAINTY
    1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
  • VAGUELY
    In a vague manner. What he vaguely hinted at, but dared not speak. Hawthorne.
  • INTANGIBLE
    Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins. A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being. Marshall. -- In*tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- In*tan"gi*bly, adv.
  • POPULAR
    1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. "Popular states." Bacon. "So the popular vote inclines." Milton. The commonly held in
  • UNCERTAINLY
    In an uncertain manner.
  • POINTLESS
    Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark. Syn. -- Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid.
  • UNDETERMINATION
    Indetermination. Sir M. Hale.
  • GENERALITY
    1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. Hooker. 2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. Let us descend from
  • GENERALISSIMO
    The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.
  • EQUIVOCALLY
    In an equivocal manner.
  • GENERALLY
    1. In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently. 2. In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively. Generally speaking, they live very quietly. Addison. 3. Collectively; as a
  • INDEFINITE
    Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate. Indefinite article , the word a or an, used with nouns to denote any one of a common or general class. --
  • GENERALIZE
    1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera. Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the
  • GENERALIZATION
    1. The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars. Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many. Sir W. Hamilton. 2.
  • MAJOR GENERAL
    . An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
  • UNEQUIVOCAL
    Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words. -- Un`e*quiv"o*cal*ly, adv. -- Un`e*quiv"o*cal*ness, n.
  • POSTMASTER-GENERAL
    The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
  • BRIGADIER GENERAL
    An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier.

 

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