All 3 Uses of
palpable
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress, and Mr. Tulliver's heat was certainly more and more palpable.†
Chpt 2.2 *palpable = very apparent
- While Mr. Tulliver was slowly becoming himself again, his lot was hastening toward its moment of most palpable change.†
Chpt 3.7
- Of course it was palpable to Maggie's thinking that he had dined hastily in his own room for the sake of setting off again and finding her alone.†
Chpt 6.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(palpable) very apparent (so strong, it almost seems to take a material form that can be touched)"Palpable" is frequently used to describe the intensity of an emotion shared between people who can see each other. The implication is that the emotion is so strong, it almost takes a material form that can be touched.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In medicine, "palpable" means that something such as a tumor can be detected by palpitation; i.e., a physician's touch.