Definition:intangible?

Answer 1

something you cannot feel or touch. Like God, or faith. Things that are tangible are solid and visible like a table or a chair, things that are intangible you cannot hold or touch they are invisible concepts.

Answer 2

in·tan·gi·ble (n-tnj-bl) adj.
1. Incapable of being perceived by the senses.
2. Incapable of being realized or defined.
3. Incorporeal.

n.
1. Something intangible, especially an asset that cannot be perceived by the senses. Often used in the plural: intangibles such as goodwill and dedication.
2. Law Incorporeal property such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes. Often used in the plural: a state tax on intangibles.

in·tangi·bili·ty, in·tangi·ble·ness n.
in·tangi·bly adv.

Noun
1. intangible - assets that are saleable though not material or physical
intangible asset
assets - anything of material value or usefulness
goodwill, good will - (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets)

Adj.
1. intangible - (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value; "intangible assets such as good will"
business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
tangible - (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery"
2. intangible - incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans
impalpable
abstract - existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"
tangible - perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness"
3. intangible - hard to pin down or identify; "an intangible feeling of impending disaster"
unidentifiable - impossible to identify
4. intangible - lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen; "that intangible thing--the soul"
nonphysical
nonmaterial, immaterial - not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"

References in classic literature
He had great moments, beautiful and noble thoughts, generous aspirations, and a heart wide and warm enough for the whole race, but he had no bounds, no shape; he was as liberal as the casing air, but he was often as vague and intangible.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean

They were troubled and feverish hours, disturbed with dreams that were intangible, that eluded her, leaving only an impression upon her half-awakened senses of something unattainable.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate

She wondered if old dreams could haunt rooms -- if, when one left forever the room where she had joyed and suffered and laughed and wept, something of her, intangible and invisible, yet nonetheless real, did not remain behind like a voiceful memory.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud

Answer 3

Adjective
1) nonmaterial: lacking material qualities, and so not able to be touched or seen, e.g. intangible benefits

2) hard to describe: difficult to define or describe clearly, but nonetheless perceived, e.g. an intangible quality of serenity in the music

Noun
1) something unquantifiable: an unquantifiable quality or asset, e.g. such intangibles as duty

Answer 4

noun: assets that are saleable though not material or physical
adjective: hard to pin down or identify (Example: "An intangible feeling of impending disaster")

adjective: incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch (Example: "The intangible constituent of energy- James Jeans")

adjective: (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value (Example: "Intangible assets such as good will")

adjective: lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen (Example: "That intangible thing--the soul")

Answer 5

"Tangible" means touchable. In legal terms they refer to tangible assets. "Intangible" means things that are not touchable - like love, faith, honour... You can say that someone has a certain intangible quality, meaning an aura of goodness or badness.

Answer 6

Something which cannot be physically touched and therefore cannot be understood through the five senses.

Answer 7

something which can be felt but cant be touched physically like goodwill,love

Answer 8

that cannot be touched i think

Answer 9

Hmmm....I can't quite put my finger on it. ;-)