| Pronunciation: | | `impur'septubul
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| Matching Terms: | | imperceptibly
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [adj] impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch" |
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| | Synonyms: | | impalpable, incognizable, incognoscible, indiscernible, insensible, subliminal, undetectable, unobservable, unperceivable |
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| | Antonyms: | | perceptible |
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| | See Also: | | inaudible, invisible, unhearable, unseeable |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im`per*cep"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not +
perceptible: cf. F. imperceptible.]
Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the
souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.
Almost imperceptible to the touch. --Dryden.
Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost
imperceptible. --Burke.
-- {Im`per*cep"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {Im`per*cep"ti*bly}, adv.
Their . . . subility and imperceptibleness. --Sir M.
Hale.
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| | Related Terms: | | atomic, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, camouflaged, concealed, corpuscular, disguised, embryonic, ephemeral, evanescent, faint, fugitive, germinal, granular, hidden, ill-defined, impalpable, imponderable, inappreciable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, intangible, invisible, latent, microcosmic, microscopic, minuscule, minute, molecular, momentary, obscure, out of sight, secret, sightless, slight, subatomic, submerged, subtle, tenuous, thin, tiny, trivial, ultramicroscopic, unapparent, unappreciable, unbeheld, unbeholdable, unclear, undiscernible, undistinguishable, unnoticeable, unnoticed, unobservable, unobserved, unperceivable, unperceived, unrealized, unseeable, unseen, unviewed, unwitnessed, vague, viewless |
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