tangible \tan"gible\, a. l. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch:
   cf. f. tangible. see tangent.
   1. perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. capable of being possessed or realized; readily
      apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. "a
      tangible blunder." --byron.
      1913 webster

            direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.
                                                  --southey.
      1913 webster -- tan"gibleness, n. -- tan"gibly,
      adv.
      1913 webster
see also:
tangent tan"gibleness tan"gibly 

tangibleness
     n : the quality of being perceivable by touch syn: tangibility,
          palpability ant: intangibility, intangibility
see also:
tangibility palpability intangibility