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• a  capable of being perceived; 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
  a palpable lie
• s  can be felt by palpation
  a palpable tumor

• There is palpable anxiety amongst farmers over the looming drought that stares the country owing to shortfall in monsoons.
• But the special power of the structure is its palpable connection to the people who work there.
• The rather louche glamour of Monaco's royal family is nothing compared with the fading but still palpable grandeur of the British monarchy.

• tangible

• impalpable

News & Articles

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• Man Arrested For Scrawling Cuss Words On Traffic Ticket Files Civil Rights Lawsuit
  Last May, Connecticut resident William Barboza, 22, was driving through the Catskills town of Liberty when he was pulled over and given a speeding ticket. Three months later he paid it, sending it in to the town clerk with a hand-written message: "FUCK YOUR SHITTY TOWN BITCHES." In an ironic twist, he crossed out the town's name, Liberty, and wrote "TYRANNY." A hit, a very palpable hit! It was ...
  June 13, 2013 - Gothamist
• Daniel Shoer Roth: Dade’s dirty little secret: what everyone knows and no one says
  The discord among social, racial, ethnic and national groups in Miami-Dade is often palpable, though we like to sweep the dust under the rug opting instead to believe that we are a cohesive and harmonious community where people feel welcomed, accepted and comforted. Yet the often-touted warm reception is often a hypocritical smile with fleshy, silicone lips.
  June 12, 2013 - Miami Herald
• 5 great ways to say 'Tebow' on ESPN
  49 Seconds In: With the exaggerated enunciation and palpable loathing -- of self and circumstance and a great many other things -- usually heard only at moments when the voiceover guy from the TMZ television show is called upon to set-up an upskirt photograph of Teri Hatcher.
  June 11, 2013 - Philly.com

Quotes

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• Charles Schumer in TIME
  The rightward shift of the court under Chief Justice Roberts is palpable. In decision after decision, special interests are winning out over ordinary citizens. In decision after decision, this court bends the law to suit an ideology,said Sen....
• Andrew Cuomo in Times Online
  The conduct of Bank of America, through its top management, was motivated by self-interest, greed, hubris and a palpable sense that the normal rules of fair play did not apply to them,Mr Cuomo said.
• Mia Farrow in 940 News
  Gibbons' imprisonment in Sudan "demonstrates the palpable insanity and cruelty of that regime," Farrow said.