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palpable (adjective):

1: capable of being touched or felt : tangible
2: easily perceptible : noticeable
3: easily perceptible by the mind : manifest

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : Palpable, which has since the 14th century described things that can be literally felt through the skin (such as a person’s pulse), has undergone an expansion similar to that of feel over the centuries, and is now more frequently used to describe things that cannot be touched but are still so easy to perceive that it is as though they could be—such as “a palpable tension in the air.”

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