Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tangible \Tan"gi*ble\, a. [L. tangibilis, fr. tangere to touch:
   cf. F. tangible. See {Tangent}.]
   1. Perceptible to the touch; tactile; palpable. --Bacon.

   2. Capable of being possessed or realized; readily
      apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident. ``A
      tangible blunder.'' --Byron.

            Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others.
                                                  --Southey.
      -- {Tan"gi*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tan"gi*bly}, adv.

Source : WordNet®

tangible
     adj 1: perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch;
            "skin with a tangible roughness" [ant: {intangible}]
     2: possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
        brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to
        the poor" [syn: {real}]
     3: (of especially business assets) having physical substance
        and intrinsic monetary value ; "tangible property like
        real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery" [ant: {intangible}]
     4: capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind;
        especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a
        barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable
        wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"
        [syn: {palpable}] [ant: {impalpable}]
     5: having substance or material existence; perceptible to the
        senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by
        tangible objects" [syn: {physical}, {touchable}]