intangible
in- + tangible
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adjective
unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence:
触れることのできない、無形の、実体のない
e.g. my companions do not care about cyberspace or anything else so intangible.
difficult or impossible to define or understand; vague and abstract:
〈性質･感情などが〉つかみどころのない, 説明が難しい, 不可解な.
e.g. the rose symbolized something intangible about their relationship.
(of an asset or benefit) not constituting or represented by a physical object and of a value not precisely measurable:
〘商〙 〈財産が〉無形の, 実体のない
e.g. intangible business property like trademarks and patents.
noun (usually intangibles)
an intangible thing:
〖通例～s〗 手で触れられないもの; 無形の財産.
e.g. intangibles like self-confidence and responsibility.
DERIVATIVES
intangibility |ˌinˌtanjəˈbilədē| noun
intangibly |-blē| adverb
ORIGIN
early 17th century (as an adjective): from French, or from medieval Latin intangibilis, from in- ‘not’ + late Latin tangibilis (see tangible).